The academic performance indicators of the Doctor of Science title, the highest and most prestigious qualification awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), are key in the national assessment system. The types of performance indicators, as well as their minimum values, are incorporated into the application requirements of academic promotions, scientific qualifications, and research scholarships. HAS has proposed a reform of these performance indicators, to align with the current national and global trends. The proposed modifications are generally based on arbitrary decisions and the consensus between academicians, namely, the representatives of the sections of HAS. This paper contains a bibliometric analysis of 25,000 publications produced between 2011 and 2020 by 683 researchers affiliated with HAS's Section of Earth Sciences. The bibliometric data of the publications are processed by integer and fractional counting, respectively. The main goal of the paper is to argue that discipline-specific co-authorship patterns should be accounted for in the assessment procedure. It is also shown that the homogenization of the performance indicators and the rigid use of the integer counting method favour hard natural science disciplines and disadvantage social science disciplines. Finally, I describe some components of an alternative publishing strategy which would be most prudent for researchers, given the proposed assessment criteria.
翻译:匈牙利科学院授予的最高和最有声望的理科博士学位的学术业绩指标是国家评估系统的关键,其类别及其最低价值已被纳入学术晋升、科学资格和研究奖学金的应用要求中。提议对这些业绩指标进行改革,以便与当前国家和全球趋势保持一致。拟议的修改一般基于武断的决定和学术界人士,即Has各科的代表之间的共识。本文载有2011年至2020年期间与Has地球科学科有联系的683名研究人员所制作的25 000份出版物的二分数分析。出版物的二分数数据分别以整数和分数计算方式处理。该文件的主要目的是指出,在评估程序中应考虑到特定学科的共同主管模式。还表明,业绩指标的同质化和严格使用整数方法有利于硬性自然科学学科和社会科学学科。最后,我介绍了备选出版战略的一些组成部分,考虑到拟议的评估标准,对研究人员最为谨慎。