Evaluating Researchers Based on the Criteria of Reputation Responsibility

Abstract

This article considers the problems of developing objective criteria for evaluating researchers. The approaches to assessing academic reputation are shown to be similar to those for assessing corporate goodwill. The elements that make up academic reputation are identified. A technique of ranking researchers by reputation that combines scientometric indicators with peer appraisal is proposed. The principle of selecting peer committee members based on bibliometric indicators is enunciated. The application of collective peer appraisal methods to the construction of the scales of the indicators of the proposed reputation ranking is shown. The concept of an automated system intended for compiling the proposed reputation ranking of researchers is presented.