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Four Essays on University Economics - KOPS - Universität Konstanz

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Ec<strong>on</strong>omic research in Switzerland<br />

(2003) and Coupé (2003) are mainly based <strong>on</strong> its high research output in the first half of<br />

the 90s, but are no l<strong>on</strong>ger justified <strong>on</strong> the basis of its current research activity. Moreover,<br />

it has to be taken into account that the journal landscape changes over time. In order to<br />

prevent distorti<strong>on</strong>s due to this change, the weighting schemes should also be reviewed and<br />

updated regularly.<br />

A problem of our method is the undifferentiated assignment of the research activity<br />

to the instituti<strong>on</strong>s, i.e., in our case, to universities instead of departments. Bibliometric<br />

methods encounter difficulties in this respect. In order to overcome this weakness, <strong>on</strong>e has<br />

to rely <strong>on</strong> the collaborati<strong>on</strong> of the instituti<strong>on</strong>s. An accurate instituti<strong>on</strong>al assignment is<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly possible <strong>on</strong> the basis of self declarati<strong>on</strong>s (research reports). Also, informati<strong>on</strong>, such<br />

as, the size of the instituti<strong>on</strong> (the academic pers<strong>on</strong>nel or the total expenditures), could<br />

be inferred from research reports. With this informati<strong>on</strong>, the research productivity of<br />

the evaluated research units could be calculated - a central measured value for research<br />

management which cannot be measured accurately in bibliometric studies.<br />

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