Four Essays on University Economics - KOPS - Universität Konstanz
Four Essays on University Economics - KOPS - Universität Konstanz
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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