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Governance by Numbers. Does It Really Work in Research?

Governance by Numbers. Does It Really Work in Research? Abstract Performance evaluation in research is more and more based on numbers of publications, citations, and impact factors. In the wake of New Public Management output control has been introduced into research governance without taking into account the conditions necessary for this kind of control to work efficiently. It is argued that to evaluate research by output control is counterproductive. It induces to substitute the ‘taste for science’ by a ‘taste for publication’. Instead, input control by careful selection and socialization serves as an alternative. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Analyse & Kritik de Gruyter

Governance by Numbers. Does It Really Work in Research?

Analyse & Kritik , Volume 32 (2) – Nov 1, 2010

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2010 by the
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0171-5860
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2365-9858
DOI
10.1515/auk-2010-0205
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Abstract

Abstract Performance evaluation in research is more and more based on numbers of publications, citations, and impact factors. In the wake of New Public Management output control has been introduced into research governance without taking into account the conditions necessary for this kind of control to work efficiently. It is argued that to evaluate research by output control is counterproductive. It induces to substitute the ‘taste for science’ by a ‘taste for publication’. Instead, input control by careful selection and socialization serves as an alternative.

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Analyse & Kritikde Gruyter

Published: Nov 1, 2010

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