Problems and Suggestions for the Scientific Research Management System of Universities

The revolution of science and technology in the new era is rising. New industries, formats, and models led by information technology are emerging. Scientific research has entered the fourth data-intensive paradigm. As an important part of the science and technology innovation system, universities also have new requirements for their scientific research management system. In this article, it is suggested that the efficiency and quality of scientific research management in universities could be enhanced by reconstructing the organizational structure of scientific research management, improve the service capabilities of scientific research managers, perfecting the scientific research evaluation system, and innovating the management model of cross-research teams.

China’s SCI-Indexed Publications: Facts, Feelings, and Future Directions

Purpose: In relation to the boom in China’s SCI-indexed publications, this opinion piece examines this phenomenon and looks at future possible directions for the reform of China’s research evaluation processes. Design/Approach/Methods: This opinion piece uses bibliographic data for the past decade (2010–2019) from the Science Citation Index Expanded in the Web of Science Core Collection to examine the rise in China’s SCI-indexed publications. Findings: China has surpassed the U.S. and been the largest contributor of SCI publications since 2018. However, while the impact of China’s SCI publications is rising, the scale of this impact still lags behind that of other major contributing countries. China’s SCI publications are also overrepresented in some journals. Originality/Value: Reporting the latest facts about China’s SCI-indexed publications, this article will benefit the reform of China’s research evaluation system.

The dilemmas and uncertainties in assessing the societal impact of research

In the 2000s, many European Union countries have established research impact assessment practices as part of the scrutiny of the third mission of universities. The Finnish research evaluation system has widely adopted a societal impact criterion. In this study, the question is what guiding principles does impact assessment rely on. This point of view is based on the experiences and opinions of experts interviewed for the study. Four implicit principles of impact assessment which guide assessment goals and practical implementations were found. The guiding principles have several social and methodological dilemmas due to liminal interpretations between social interests and academic endeavor. This study recommends that the evaluation scholars should consider the actual social purpose vis-à-vis consistent methodological approaches to assessment before applying ‘all-round’ solutions to scholarly fields.

Building interdisciplinary research teams according to the requirements of the national research evaluation system

Aim/purpose – The paper explores the issue of building interdisciplinary research teams from the point of view of the evaluation requirements for Polish researchers and research units. The main aim of the paper is to determine the possibility of creating interdiscipli-nary research teams involving management and economics researchers.Design/methodology/approach – The author searched 30,404 journals. An assumption was made that team creation should reflect the evaluation requirements of several meas-urement factors of similarity between disciplines, these were duly developed. An analy-sis of the possibility of developing effective interdisciplinary teams to maximise the possible number of places for publications and points scored was performed and dis-cussed. The analysis was performed by considering all of the scored journals useful for the development of young researchers and well-regarded journals publishing original research prepared by experienced scientists.Findings – The analysis indicates that the relevant journals are not evenly spread among the various scientific disciplines examined. Considering the possibility of finding many shared journals for publication while achieving favourable interdisciplinary research outcomes and scoring a high number of evaluation points, researchers in the fields of economics as well as finance and management and quality sciences should mainly cooperate with researchers in the field of socio-economic geography and sociological sciences.Research implications/limitations – The analysis was based on the Polish national research evaluation system, which may limit the generalisation of the results. Originality/value/contribution – The results presented in the paper may be useful for researchers, research team managers and authorities who run research units and create effective research teams.

Brief Communication: The Use of Various Models of Work Distribution in the Analysis of the Czech System of Evaluation of Research

This article builds on our previous work, when we critically analyzed some aspects of the research evaluation system valid in the Czech Republic until 2017. This article also focuses on the evaluation of articles in journals with IF, but develops the relationship between so-called RIV-points allocated by the system and the amount of work done, using different models of work distribution. The results generally support the conclusions of the original study.

The Influence of Education and Scientific Research System on China's Science and Technology Innovation Capability

This article outlines their impact on China's technological innovation capabilities from nine aspects including primary and secondary education to university education, the shortcomings of scientific research evaluation system, the forward-looking of educational investment and the rationality of research funding, the negative feedback of the employment market on innovative research, intellectual property protection and incentive mechanism, The basic social system and its incentive mechanism combined with learning and research, the incentive mechanism and cultural atmosphere of enterprises and administrative institutions, and the origin of China's modern education model. The comprehensive analysis shows that changing the status quo of China's lack of innovation is a systematic project. A single ministry cannot complete many specific measures of reform, and must have a national-level top-level design. Through reform, the education and scientific research system has reasonable design and strong self-repairing ability. It is the need of innovation to promote industrial upgrading. Its effectiveness directly determines whether China can cross the middle income trap and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.