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

Nicky Rogge () and Kristof De Witte
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Nicky Rogge: Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB), Belgium

No 2009/42, Working Papers from Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management

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 researchers 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 the Hogeschool Universiteit Brussels. The sample is enriched with questionnaire items on the motivation and perception of the researcher. This allows us to explore whether motivation and background characteristics (as age, gender, retention) of the researchers explain variations in measured research performance.

Keywords: Research performance; Data Envelopment Analysis; Conditional efficiency; Higher education; Composite indicator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C25 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 page
Date: 2009-12
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Journal Article: To publish or not to publish? On the aggregation and drivers of research performance (2010)
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