Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A national evaluation agency cites the Manifesto when allowing field-normalised indicators only as complements to peer review.
- Is an instance
An institution shares its bibliometric data with evaluees so they can verify it (Principle 5).
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
Comparing biomedical and humanities scholars using identical citation thresholds.
- Not an instance
Publishing institutional rankings derived from indicators whose calculation is undocumented.
Editorial commentary
Published in Nature in April 2015 (Hicks et al., 'Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics'), the Manifesto distils a decade of scientometrics into ten guidelines, including: quantitative evaluation should support qualitative expert assessment; measure performance against the research missions of the institution, group or researcher; protect excellence in locally relevant research; keep data collection and analytical processes open, transparent and simple; allow those evaluated to verify data and analysis; account for variation by field in publication and citation practices; base assessment of individual researchers on a qualitative judgement of their portfolio; avoid misplaced concreteness and false precision; recognise systemic effects of assessment and indicators; and scrutinise indicators regularly and update them.
References
- Hicks D, Wouters P, Waltman L, de Rijcke S, Rafols I. Nature 520:429-431, 2015 (doi:10.1038/520429a). leidenmanifesto.org.
Also known as
Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics · Hicks et al. 2015
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