Will ChatGPT Get Tenure?

Research will likely become ever more AI-assisted, but what does this mean for academia? In this blog post, our guest authors engage in blue-sky thinking to sketch some thought-provoking future scenarios and discuss potential implications for scholarly communication and research evaluation.

Alexander Schniedermann, Felicitas Heßelmann, Dimity Stephen, Max Leckert and Matteo Ottaviani • December 12, 2024

What Affects Research Productivity: View from Inside the University

Dmitry Kochetkov, Ph.D. candidate at CWTS, together with colleagues from the Ural Federal University, analyzed factors affecting the performance of research groups.

Dmitry Kochetkov • August 08, 2022

Responsible metrics for societal value of scientific research

What does responsible research evaluation look like when it comes to societal value? This blog post provides four practical recommendations.

Laurens Hessels, Leonie van Drooge, Tjitske Holtrop and Rodrigo Costas • March 10, 2022

Halt the h-index

Using the h-index in research evaluation? Rather not. But why not, actually? Why is using this indicator so problematic? And what are the alternatives anyway? Our authors walk you through an infographic that addresses these questions and aims to highlight some key issues in this discussion.

Sarah de Rijcke, Ludo Waltman and Thed van Leeuwen • May 19, 2021 • 4 comments

Research evaluation in context 4: the practice of research evaluation

The Strategy Evaluation Protocol describes a forward-looking evaluation for which research organisations are responsible. Context, aims and strategy of units are key. Very timely and relevant, yet it is easier said than done.

Leonie van Drooge • May 12, 2021

Research evaluation in context 3: The board, the research unit and the assessment committee

What is the procedure for the evaluation of academic research? What are the roles and responsibilities of those involved? This is the 3rd post in a series on research evaluation in the Netherlands and is dedicated to the Strategy Evaluation Protocol 2021-2027.

Leonie van Drooge • March 04, 2021

Research evaluation in context 2: One joint protocol, three criteria and four aspects

This is the 2nd in a series of blog posts on research evaluation in the Netherlands. This post is dedicated to the Strategy Evaluation Protocol 2021-2027, the evaluation goals and the criteria and aspects that need to be addressed in an evaluation.

Leonie van Drooge • February 17, 2021

Research evaluation in context 1: Introducing research evaluation in the Netherlands

How is research being evaluated in the Netherlands? Why in that way? Why would the Dutch want to evaluate research anyway when it is done like that? What is an evaluation really about? No, but really? And how do you compare between….? You don’t? And consequences? Not??

Leonie van Drooge • February 16, 2021

From ‘fund and forget’ to formative and participatory research evaluation

A trend in research evaluation is to include stakeholders as active partners in the evaluation process. In June, CWTS organized an online workshop to explore novel evaluation approaches and to identify possibilities and limitations for co-production in research evaluation.

Rinze Benedictus, Laurens Hessels, Ismael Rafols and Ingeborg Meijer • July 03, 2020

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