Abstract
This article deals with the impact of external R&D evaluations as one of the institutional factors that can encourage (or discourage) the progress of the social sciences. A critical overview is presented of the increasing use of bibliometric indicators in the external R&D evaluation procedures employed by the Slovenian Research Agency, which is the leading research council for financing the public sector of social sciences in Slovenia. We attempt to establish that, in order to ensure a good external R&D evaluation practice for a small social science community, it is insufficient to only have reliable bibliometric meta-databases. It is argued that it is equally important to formulate very precise criteria to ascertain their validity.
Highlights
Academic science has always involved intensively competitive work
If we look at the current situation in Slovenia, the degree of deviance and non-transparency in R&D
The evaluation of R&D proposals submitted to the Slovenian Research Agency is based on three metrics, all of which are weighted: (1) the number of publications within the 5 last years; (2) the number of citations within Web of Science within the last 10 years; and (3) the funding received from non-Agency sources within the last 5 years
Summary
Academic science has always involved intensively competitive work. Researchers have constantly competed with one another, often quite openly, for academic positions and public reputation. The evaluation of R&D proposals submitted to the Slovenian Research Agency is based on three metrics, all of which are weighted: (1) the number of publications within the 5 last years; (2) the number of citations within Web of Science within the last 10 years; and (3) the funding received from non-Agency sources within the last 5 years.
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