There are few acknowledged quality standards for research practice and evaluation, even though universities are increasingly judged on research impact. This dataset contains questionnaire responses from 42 senior researchers working (within 18 different departments) at three major universities in Sweden about the importance of 32 defined criteria based on four main areas (credible, contributory, communicable, and conforming) describing indicators of research practice quality.

Language

English

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Individual

Sampling procedure

Non-probability

Number of individuals/objects

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Administrative information

Topic and keywords

Research area

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Research, Research evaluation, Research quality

Publications

Pär Mårtensson, Uno Fors, Sven-Bertil Wallin, Udo Zander, Gunnar H Nilsson,
Evaluating research: A multidisciplinary approach to assessing research practice and quality,
Research Policy,
Volume 45, Issue 3,
2016,
Pages 593-603,
ISSN 0048-7333,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2015.11.009.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733315001845)
Keywords: Research practice; Research quality; Research evaluation; Multidisciplinary; Concept model; Rigour; Relevance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2015.11.009

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