<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the article is to identify the main determinants of categories ascribed to scientific research units in the field of Economic Sciences in 2017. In the first part of the article, the legal and substantive basis for the evaluation of such institutions is presented. The second part of the text provides a verification of the evaluation assumptions included in the legal regulations (their advisability and significance). The verification is based on the statistical analysis of the obtained results. There are only two criteria out of four that determine the ascribed scientific categories: the first criterion refers to scientific achievements (publications) and the second one refers to scientific potential (scientific promotion and academic staff mobility). The other criteria - the third one (commercialisation of the research) and the fourth one (impact of the research exerted on economy and its internationalisation) did not affect the comprehensive evaluation in any significant way. The number of registered academic employees was not of any significance either.</p></abstract>

The aim of the article is to identify the main determinants of categories ascribed to scientific research units in the field of Economic Sciences in 2017. In the first part of the article, the legal and substantive basis for the evaluation of such institutions is presented. The second part of the text provides a verification of the evaluation assumptions included in the legal regulations (their advisability and significance). The verification is based on the statistical analysis of the obtained results. There are only two criteria out of four that determine the ascribed scientific categories: the first criterion refers to scientific achievements (publications) and the second one refers to scientific potential (scientific promotion and academic staff mobility). The other criteria - the third one (commercialisation of the research) and the fourth one (impact of the research exerted on economy and its internationalisation) did not affect the comprehensive evaluation in any significant way. The number of registered academic employees was not of any significance either.

Determinants of scientific categories in the field of Economic Sciences Assumptions and results of the parameterisation in 2017

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The aim of the article is to identify the main determinants of categories ascribed to scientific research units in the field of Economic Sciences in 2017. In...

Determinants of scientific categories in the field of Economic Sciences Assumptions and results of the parameterisation in 2017

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Feb. 2019

Seitenbereich: 22 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wsbjbf-2019-0003

Schlüsselwörter
Parameterisation, scientific categories, evaluation of scientific research activities

© 2019 Jacek Jaworski, Katarzyna Sokołowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Determinants of scientific categories in the field of Economic Sciences Assumptions and results of the parameterisation in 2017

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Feb. 2019

Seitenbereich: 22 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wsbjbf-2019-0003

SchlüsselwörterParameterisation, scientific categories, evaluation of scientific research activities

© 2019 Jacek Jaworski, Katarzyna Sokołowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Parameterisation, scientific categories, evaluation of scientific research activities