Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2018
Abstract
New Public Management helps universities and research institutions to perform in a highly competitive research environment. Evaluating publicly financed research improves transparency, helps in reflection and self-assessment, and provides information for strategic decision making. In this paper we provide empirical evidence using data from a Collaborative Research Center (CRC) on financial inputs and research output from 2005 to 2016. After selecting performance indicators suitable for a CRC, we describe main properties of the data using visualization techniques. To study the relationship between the dimensions of research performance, we use a time fixed effects panel data model and fixed effects Poisson model. With the help of year dummy variables, we show how the pattern of research productivity changes over time after controlling for staff and travel costs. The joint depiction of the time fixed effects and the research project’s life cycle allows a better understanding of the development of the number of discussion papers over time.
Keywords
Research performance, Fixed effects panel data model, Network Collaborative Research Center
Discipline
Community-Based Research
Publication
Scientometrics: An International Journal for all Quantitative Aspects of the Science of Science, Communication in Science and Science Policy
Volume
117
Issue
2
First Page
1023
Last Page
1040
ISSN
0138-9130
Identifier
10.1007/s11192-018-2910-8
Publisher
Springer
Citation
ZHAROVA, Alona; TELLINGER-RICE, Janine; and HÄRDLE, Wolfgang Karl.
How to measure the performance of a Collaborative Research Center. (2018). Scientometrics: An International Journal for all Quantitative Aspects of the Science of Science, Communication in Science and Science Policy. 117, (2), 1023-1040.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2910-8
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