Evaluating whether a portfolio of funded research projects (of a research council), or a
portfolio of research papers (the output of a university) is relevant for science and for society
required two-dimensional mapping of the project portfolio: (i) projecting the portfolio on a
science map showing how the portfolio fits into and possibly shapes the research fronts, and
(ii) projecting the portfolio on a map of societal challenges, showing where the portfolio links
to societal problem solving or innovation. This requires evaluating in two different
‘languages’: a technical language relating projects to the research front, and a societal
language relating the projects to societal challenges. In this paper, we demonstrate a method
for doing so, using the SMS-platform. The advantage is that the method is much less
dependent on subjective classifications by single experts or a small group of experts, and that
it is rather user-friendly.
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%1 vandenbesselaar2017evaluating
%A van den Besselaar, Peter
%A Khalili, Ali
%A Sandström, Ulf
%B The 2017 STI (Science, Technology and Innovation indicators) conference
%D 2017
%K ali1k khalili myown risisProject semantic web
%T Evaluating research portfolios, a method and a case1
%U https://sti2017.paris/
%X Evaluating whether a portfolio of funded research projects (of a research council), or a
portfolio of research papers (the output of a university) is relevant for science and for society
required two-dimensional mapping of the project portfolio: (i) projecting the portfolio on a
science map showing how the portfolio fits into and possibly shapes the research fronts, and
(ii) projecting the portfolio on a map of societal challenges, showing where the portfolio links
to societal problem solving or innovation. This requires evaluating in two different
‘languages’: a technical language relating projects to the research front, and a societal
language relating the projects to societal challenges. In this paper, we demonstrate a method
for doing so, using the SMS-platform. The advantage is that the method is much less
dependent on subjective classifications by single experts or a small group of experts, and that
it is rather user-friendly.
@conference{vandenbesselaar2017evaluating,
abstract = {Evaluating whether a portfolio of funded research projects (of a research council), or a
portfolio of research papers (the output of a university) is relevant for science and for society
required two-dimensional mapping of the project portfolio: (i) projecting the portfolio on a
science map showing how the portfolio fits into and possibly shapes the research fronts, and
(ii) projecting the portfolio on a map of societal challenges, showing where the portfolio links
to societal problem solving or innovation. This requires evaluating in two different
‘languages’: a technical language relating projects to the research front, and a societal
language relating the projects to societal challenges. In this paper, we demonstrate a method
for doing so, using the SMS-platform. The advantage is that the method is much less
dependent on subjective classifications by single experts or a small group of experts, and that
it is rather user-friendly.},
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author = {van den Besselaar, Peter and Khalili, Ali and Sandström, Ulf},
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booktitle = {The 2017 STI (Science, Technology and Innovation indicators) conference},
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month = {September},
timestamp = {2017-10-04T15:26:00.000+0200},
title = {Evaluating research portfolios, a method and a case1},
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