Research on the quantitative evaluation index in research evaluation of the National Universities in JAPAN

本科学研究(B)的初步目标如下：(A)通过实证研究确定扩展定量研究评价指标的可能性(B)寻求一种考虑到学术研究特点的评价方法。采用这种评价方法是在《国家研发工作总体评价方法实施基本指引》(1997)中规定的。针对这两个目标，本研究的成果大致可以概括为两个成果。一是我们实际上是基于一个新提出的量化指标--研究人员的区位程度--对研究中心进行评价。这是2004财年首次形成的评价概念。在21世纪卓越中心计划的中期评估中，“研究中心发展进展”是评估的重点之一。研究人员对位置…的程度更多的是与人力资源开发密切相关，这是研究中心发展的一个重要方面。因此，这一指标被认为是评估研究中心人力资源开发进度的有效指标。2004年，我们通过比较研究人员的区位程度作为量化指标，研究了衡量一家研究机构与另一家研究机构的可能性。2005年，在前一年研究的基础上，我们对2002年被指定为COE的大学的研究人员数量进行了比较。这一比较基于2001年至2004年的数据。第二个成果是开发了一种应用《出版物分析》的定量/定性评估方法，该方法通常用于企业品牌资产评估。这是一种定性和定量相结合的方法，根据大众媒体报道的频率和内容，分析一所国立大学的研究成果是如何被社会评价的。这为定量评价国立大学的“公共延伸”提供了可能。较少

The goals of this Scientific Research (B) were initially stated as follows.(A) To identify the possibilities to expand quantitative indexes for research evaluation through empirical research (B) To seek an evaluation method with consideration given to the characteristics of academic research. Adoption of such evaluation method is stipulated in the "Basic guideline for the implementation of a common evaluation methodology on national research and development in general" (1997).With regard to these two goals, the outcomes of this research can be roughly summarized into two achievements.First is that we have actually conducted evaluation of research centers based on a newly proposed quantitative index, the Researchers degree of location.' This is an evaluation concept first formed in FY 2004. In the interim evaluation of the 21st Century COE (Center of Excellence) Program 'Progress in Research Center Development' is one of the focal points of evaluation. The Researchers degree of location … More is closely related to human resource development, which is an important aspect of research center development. Therefore, this index is considered to be effective in evaluating the progress of research center development in respect of human resources.In 2004, we studied the possibilities to weigh a research institution against another, through comparison of the Researchers degree of location' as a quantitative index. In 2005, based on the study of the previous year, we conducted a comparison of the number of researchers among those universities designated as COE in 2002. The comparison was based on data from 2001 and 2004.The second achievement is the development of a quantitative/qualitative evaluation method applying 'Publications Analysis,' which has conventionally been used in corporate brand-asset evaluation. This is a method to analyze in both qualitative and quantitative manners, how a national university's research achievements is socially valued based on the frequency and content of coverage in mass media. It has opened up the possibility to quantitative evaluation on the 'Public Outreach' of national universities. Less