Abstract
Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR) is one of the most prestigious research institutions in the world in life sciences and improved significantly in several rankings over the last years. One of the ‘drivers’ of this success story is a comprehensive quality management exercise based on Research information from an integrated CRI system, that managed to influence researchers publishing behaviour towards more quality, impact and visibility.So first WUR‘s highly efficient research quality management exercise is introduced, that was established some years ago and enrolls in 4 phases: (1) define quality criteria (2) measure quality criteria (3) interpret quality criteria (4) act accordingly. Comprehensive bibliometric figures from the last 10 years show, that the approach had the intended effect.Furthermore the paper portrays the very inspiring strategy WUR applied to ensure acceptance and use of the system in favour of data quality and -quantity; the approach is based on an institution-wide network of CRIS ‘super-users‘, who - after being educated and certified in context of a train-the-trainer exercise - in their organisational context act as evangelists, encourage colleagues to use the system and educate others.
Highlights
In the race for fame and funding its on the researchers to make an institution succeed
This paper lines out, with what strategies and tools Wageningen University and Research Center succeeded in influencing its researchers publishing practice
One of the drivers of this success story is a comprehensive quality management exercise for research output, that is based on research information from an integrated CRI system
Summary
In the race for fame and funding its on the researchers to make an institution succeed. Someone has to row this boat and if Oxford or Cambridge wins depends on the scullers This is why institutions strive to “attract the best minds from all over the world”[1] by creating inspiring work-conditions. Because excellence in research to a large extent still means excellence of publications produced, a lot of emphasis is put on trying tooptimisethe researchers publishing behaviour towards what can be defined as quality, impact and visibility of their publications. To achieve this many instruments of torture were produced, like an assessment-based stick and carrot approach, that rewardsrightbehaviour with money - “most powerful tool for managers is funding”2 - and sanctions thewrongone.
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