Abstract
In the light of the increasing importance of the societal impact of research, this article attempts to address the question as to how social sciences and humanities (SSH) research outputs from 2019 are represented in Slovak research portfolios in comparison with those of the EU-28 and the world. The data used for the analysis originate from the R&D SK CRIS and bibliographic Central Register of Publication Activities (CREPČ) national databases, and WoS Core Collection/InCites. The research data were appropriate for the analysis at the time they were structured, on the national level; of high quality and consistency; and covering as many components as possible and in mutual relations. The data resources should enable the research outputs to be assigned to research categories. The analysis prompts the conclusion that social sciences and humanities research outputs in Slovakia in 2019 are appropriately represented and in general show an increasing trend. This can be documented by the proportion represented by the SSH research projects and other entities involved in the overall Slovak research outputs, and even the higher ratio of SSH research publications in comparison with the EU-28 and the world. Recommendations of a technical character include research data management, data quality, and the integration of individual systems and available analytical tools.
Highlights
The information system on research, development and innovation at the national level has been operated in Slovakia for more than five years
Each of the databases uses its own and different categorisation of disciplines. This fact is limiting especially when working with CREPČ data, where the categories are conceived so broadly that we consider the assignment of some categories to one of the basic six research areas to be ambiguous. This analysis leads to the conclusion that in Slovakia in 2019 the area of social sciences is proportionally represented in R&D activities
This can be confirmed, on the one hand, by the rate by which solved projects and subjects contribute to the overall number of these in all the scientific disciplines in Slovakia. It is the representation of sciences and humanities (SSH) publications in the entire Slovak research publication portfolio, which exceeds the proportion of SSH publications in the EU-28 and even more in the world
Summary
The information system on research, development and innovation at the national level has been operated in Slovakia for more than five years. The data have served mainly to substantially contribute to annual reports on research in Slovakia issued by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport This current study stems from these previous reports from 2017 [1] and 2018 [2] in some respect, but the research presented is conducted in a much broader scope and includes more aspects; it attempts to identify the available data sources, indicate what data are monitored in these resources and point out interpretation options provided by the processed data. During the processing of data from 2019 [3], the basis for the selection of indicators and a proposal for the procedure developed as part of this research was created It was tested and used for the first time on the example of data from the social sciences and humanities
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