Competition for funding as an indicator of research competitiveness
Competition for funding as an indicator of research competitiveness
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DOI：
10.1007/s11192-005-0251-x
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发表时间：
2005-08-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Sanz-Menéndez, L
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作者：
Garcia, CE;Sanz-Menéndez, L
研究质量是现代科学的基石，它用于理解科学和学术机构之间的声誉差异。传统上，科学活动是通过一系列指标和完善的文献计量技术来衡量的，这些技术基于顶级期刊上发表的学术论文数量或这些论文的引用次数。这些指标通常对于衡量个人和科学机构层面的研究绩效差异至关重要。在本文中，我们根据研究经费竞争的结果引入了一套替代和补充指标，旨在扩大传统上衡量研究绩效的框架。本文的理论支持在于寻求资金在研究人员的可信周期以及同行评审（公共研发资金分配的基本工具）中所发挥的作用。我们的方法分析了研究人员争取资助的结果，以研究提案申请和获奖的数据作为观察单位，并按研究机构将其汇总，按照研究竞争力的相对规模进行排名。
Research quality is the cornerstone of modern science, it is used in the understanding of reputational differences among scientific and academic institutions. Traditionally, scientific activity is measured by a set of indicators and well-established bibliometric techniques based on the number of academic papers published in top-ranked journals or on the number of citations of these papers. These indicators are usually critical in measuring differences in research performance, both at individual and at scientific institutional levels. In this paper, we introduce an alternative and complementary set of indicators based on the results of competition for research funding, that aims to enlarge the framework in which research performance has traditionally been measured. Theoretical support for this paper is found in the role that the search for funding plays in the researchers' credibility cycle as well as in peer review, the basic instrument for the allocation of public R&D funds. Our method analyses the outcomes of the researchers' struggle for funding, using data from research proposal applications and awards, as the unit of observation, and aggregating them by research institutions to rank them in relative scales of research competitiveness.