Quality criteria and concentration of research funding

Quality criteria and concentration of research funding

Publisert 18.December 2019

A new R-QUEST policy brief, on the increasing concentration of research funding, is launched. Click here to download.

Postdoc Fellowship at NIFU dedicated to the study of Research Quality

Postdoc Fellowship at NIFU dedicated to the study of Research Quality

Publisert 29.May 2019

NIFU hereby announces a vacant Postdoc position at our Centre for Research Quality and Policy Impact Studies (R-QUEST).

Can citation indicators be used to assess research quality?

Can citation indicators be used to assess research quality?

Publisert 13.February 2019

Citations are increasingly used as performance indicators in research policy and within the research system. In a new article it is argued that citations reflect aspects related to scientific impact but not to other key dimensions of research quality.

Normal and extraordinary impact

Normal and extraordinary impact

Publisert 21.January 2019

A new R-QUEST policy brief, on evaluating and improving research-society relations, is launched. Click here to download.

The ‘Fields of Physics Experiment’ Update: Launching the Co-Nomination Questionnaire to Map Quantum Many-Body Physics of Ultracold Atoms

The ‘Fields of Physics Experiment’ Update: Launching the Co-Nomination Questionnaire to Map Quantum Many-Body Physics of Ultracold Atoms

Publisert 15.May 2018

Figure 1 Heavy Favour Physics Co-Nomination Map (software used: Gephi 0.9.2) This week, the ‘fields of physics experiment’ of R-Quest moves into its next phase by launching the first round of a ‘quantum many-body physics of ultracold atoms’ co-nomination survey. The experiment seeks to analyse the influence of intellectual and resource organisation in scientific fields […]

R-QUEST affiliates in expert panel for strengthening the quality of Danish research

R-QUEST affiliates in expert panel for strengthening the quality of Danish research

Publisert 14.May 2018

The Danish Ministry of Education and Research are considering changing the model for allocation the universities’ basic funding for research, and has appointed an expert panel mandated to advice on the new model. The aim is a model promoting research of high originality and excellence in all fields of research. Three R-QUEST affiliates are appointed […]

New Ph.D student Ingvild Reymert

New Ph.D student Ingvild Reymert

Publisert 1.February 2018

The Ph.D. project will study changes in universities by investigating recruitment processes. Recruitment processes are one of the main areas in which research quality is evaluated, and a study of these evaluation processes will give insight and understanding of how the notion of research quality develops over time.

Effects of performance based funding

Effects of performance based funding

Publisert 13.December 2017

A new R-QUEST policy brief, on the effects of performance based funding, is launched. Click here to download.

First round of heavy flavour physics co-nomination survey now launched

First round of heavy flavour physics co-nomination survey now launched

Publisert 30.October 2017

This week, we launched the heavy flavour physics co-nomination survey, which is a part of the ‘fields of physics’ experiment. The experiment examines the extent to which the ‘site of accountability’ and the ‘site of knowledge production’ in a research field overlap and effects of this overlap on conditions for high quality research. We seek […]

New Ph.d student Erlend Langørgen

New Ph.d student Erlend Langørgen

Publisert 17.October 2017

The Ph.D. project will adapt methods for automated analysis of the textual context around citations, to create measures to describe aspects of scientific discourse and the function of citations. The conceptual scheme for classifying the function of citations will at least include a distinction between negative, neutral and positive citations. The developed measures will be compared with bibliometric indicators and possibly […]