To publish or not to publish? On the aggregation and drivers of research performance

Kristof De Witte; Nicky Rogge

doi:10.1007/s11192-010-0286-5

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 85: Issue 3

To publish or not to publish? On the aggregation and drivers of research performance

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Kristof De Witte

Kristof De Witte

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Pages:: 657–680

Online Publication Date:: 07 Sep 2010

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2010

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0286-5

Keywords:: Research performance; Data envelopment analysis; Conditional efficiency; Higher education; Composite indicator; C14; C25; I21

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Abstract

This paper presents a methodology to aggregate multidimensional research output. Using a tailored version of the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis model, we account for the large heterogeneity in research output and the individual researcher preferences by endogenously weighting the various output dimensions. The approach offers three important advantages compared to the traditional approaches: (1) flexibility in the aggregation of different research outputs into an overall evaluation score; (2) a reduction of the impact of measurement errors and a-typical observations; and (3) a correction for the influences of a wide variety of factors outside the evaluated researcher’s control. As a result, research evaluations are more effective representations of actual research performance. The methodology is illustrated on a data set of all faculty members at a large polytechnic university in Belgium. The sample includes questionnaire items on the motivation and perception of the researcher. This allows us to explore whether motivation and background characteristics (such as age, gender, retention, etc.,) of the researchers explain variations in measured research performance.

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