Measuring institutional output in the social sciences

[Michael Ladisch]

Dear Franz,

The Royal Irish Academy published a report "The Appropriateness of Key 
Performance Indicators to Research in Arts and Humanities Disciplines 
<http://www.hea.ie/files/Key-Performance-Indicators-2011-Full-PDF.pdf>" 
in 2011. It covers a range of disciplines and is quite interesting.

Viele Gruesse aus Dublin
Michael Ladisch


On 06/12/2012 13:25, Barjak Franz wrote:
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> Dear list,
>
> The weaknesses of using mainly journal-based databases for measuring 
> output in the social sciences and humanities are widely discussed and 
> well known. I would be interested in literature or approaches on how 
> to measure institutional output in the social sciences. I am looking 
> to answers on questions such as:
>
> - What types of publications should be counted?
>
> - Is there an accepted procedure for combining them into a publication 
> index or indices or, in other words, should different types of 
> publications get different weights?
>
> - How should such measures be normalised at institutional level?
>
> - Have institutional practices of measuring output ever been analysed 
> or compared?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and hints to literature.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Franz Barjak
>
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