Proposed methodology for measuring the effectiveness of policies designed to further research

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dc.contributor.authorMoreno Lorente, Luís
dc.contributor.authorSanz-Casado, Elías
dc.contributor.authorBautista Puig, Nuria
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-31T09:21:18Z
dc.date.available2024-01-31T09:21:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-30
dc.description.abstractThe effects of economic incentives on research have been widely debated in the literature. Some authors deem them to have no or even an adverse impact, particularly if they are perceived as irrelevant to or an attempt to control researcher activity, whilst others believe they enhance research productivity by inducing new habits such as international collaboration or publication in high-impact journals. In 2007 the Carlos III University of Madrid introduced bonuses associated with research merits to reward research and educational excellence. The policy aims to enhance the quantity and quality of the institution’s scholarly publications. This study analyses whether and to what extent the new policy has had a potential effect on scientific output, impact and visibility. Scientific activity indicators between 1991 and 2018 were analysed and a state-space model was used to establish possible scenarios (pre- and post-bonus periods) and 3 year predictions. Further to the findings, despite weak growth in researcher staff size, the number of papers rose during the period slightly more than in the pre-bonus simulation. The number of first-quartile papers also rose substantially, attesting to higher impact and visibility of the university’s research. Greater internationalisation was also observed. The incentives were found to be highly suggestive of a change in university researchers’ publication habits.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Biblioteconomía y Documentación
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias de la Documentación
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationBautista-Puig, N., Moreno Lorente, L., & Sanz-Casado, E. (2021). Proposed methodology for measuring the effectiveness of policies designed to further research. Research Evaluation, 30(2), 215-229. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaa021
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/reseval/rvaa021
dc.identifier.essn1471-5449
dc.identifier.issn0958-2029
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://academic.oup.com/rev/article-abstract/30/2/215/5913146?redirectedFrom=fulltext
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96925
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titleResearch Evaluation
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final229
dc.page.initial215
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.projectIDThis work was supported by the predoctoral contract BES-2015-075461
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.keywordeconomic incentives
dc.subject.keywordIncentive policy
dc.subject.keywordstate-space model
dc.subject.keywordCarlos III University of Madrid
dc.subject.ucmBiblioteconomía y Documentación
dc.subject.unesco33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
dc.titleProposed methodology for measuring the effectiveness of policies designed to further research
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dc.volume.number30
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