Local use of metrics for the research assessment of academics: the case of Poland

This article discusses the use of bibliometric indicators for the assessment of individual academics. We focused on national indicators for the assessment of productivity in Polish higher education institutions. We analysed whether institutions (N = 768) adopted national templates for their own sets...

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Published in:Journal of higher education policy and management 2021-07, Vol.43 (4), p.435-453
Main Authors: Kulczycki, Emanuel, Rozkosz, Ewa A., Szadkowski, Krystian, Ciereszko, Kinga, Hołowiecki, Marek, Krawczyk, Franciszek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
assessment procedures
bibliometric indicators
Bibliometrics
College Faculty
Criteria
Educational Research
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Methods
Foreign Countries
Higher education
Institutional Autonomy
Institutional Characteristics
Institutional Research
Local use
metric fixation
Poland
Productivity
research evaluation
Teacher Researchers
Universities
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Summary:This article discusses the use of bibliometric indicators for the assessment of individual academics. We focused on national indicators for the assessment of productivity in Polish higher education institutions. We analysed whether institutions (N = 768) adopted national templates for their own sets of criteria for intra-institutional evaluations. This study combined an analysis of internal policy documents with semi-structured interviews with deans from institutions in different fields of science. Our findings showed that, despite their high levels of institutional autonomy, the majority of institutions adopted the national criteria for the evaluation of individual academics. This article concludes with recommendations for reducing the negative consequences of local use of national indicators for the assessment of researchers.
ISSN:1360-080X
1469-9508
DOI:10.1080/1360080X.2020.1846243