RESEARCH EVALUATION
Scope & Guideline
Transforming research into actionable knowledge for all.
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Research Quality Assessment:
The journal explores various methodologies for assessing research quality, including bibliometric analyses and qualitative evaluations, focusing on how these assessments influence academic behavior and institutional practices. - Impact Evaluation of Research:
A core aim is to evaluate the societal impact of research initiatives, investigating how research outcomes contribute to policy, practice, and community engagement. - Funding Mechanisms and Policies:
The journal examines different funding models, including lottery systems and performance-based funding, and their effects on research productivity and collaboration among academics. - Interdisciplinary Approaches:
It promotes understanding of interdisciplinary research and its evaluation, highlighting how diverse academic fields can collaborate to address complex societal challenges. - Stakeholder Engagement:
The journal emphasizes the importance of engaging stakeholders in the research process, assessing how co-production and participatory approaches enhance research relevance and impact.
Trending and Emerging
- Societal Impact of Research:
There is a growing emphasis on understanding and measuring the societal impact of research, particularly how academic outputs translate into tangible benefits for communities and policy. - Funding Innovation and Efficiency:
Recent publications focus on innovative funding models, such as lottery systems and their implications for fairness and efficiency in research grant allocation. - Collaborative and Transdisciplinary Research:
The journal increasingly highlights the importance of collaboration across disciplines, promoting studies that assess the impact of transdisciplinary approaches on research outcomes. - Qualitative Evaluation Approaches:
Emerging methodologies that prioritize qualitative assessments of research quality and impact are gaining traction, reflecting a shift from quantitative metrics to more nuanced evaluations. - Researcher Well-being and Academic Culture:
There is a rising interest in the well-being of researchers and the impact of evaluation systems on academic culture, particularly regarding issues of burnout and work-life balance.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Metrics of Research Performance:
There appears to be a waning focus on conventional metrics such as citation counts and impact factors, as the discourse shifts towards qualitative assessments and broader measures of research impact. - Purely Academic Perspectives:
There is a noticeable decline in papers that focus solely on academic perspectives without considering societal implications, reflecting a shift towards more integrated evaluations that account for real-world impact. - Normative Theories of Research Evaluation:
Theoretical discussions centered on normative frameworks for research evaluation are diminishing, as empirical studies and practical applications take precedence in the journal's content. - Single-Discipline Studies:
Research focusing exclusively on single disciplines is less frequent, indicating a trend towards interdisciplinary studies that examine cross-field collaborations and their impacts. - Critiques of Peer Review Alone:
While peer review remains a topic of interest, critical discussions solely about its flaws without proposing alternative evaluation frameworks are becoming less prominent.
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