The predominant empirical focus of academic entrepreneurship research has been in the
science, technology and engineering domains. To date there has been a limited research …

Despite growing demand for practicable methods of research evaluation, the use of
bibliometric indicators remains controversial. This paper examines performance assessment …

Italy is the single largest country in Continental Europe to have adopted a regular and
mandatory research assessment approach, involving all researchers at universities and …

Scientific research is communicated, organized, financed, governed, and evaluated through
the process of publication. The result of this process is a highly competitive academic …

This paper gathers reflections on what can bring together academics and practitioners
involved in energy-related European Union (EU) funded projects aiming at, or striving to …

The study investigates the process of creating evaluative homogeneity within a performance-
based research funding system. It does so in reference to the experience of creating a …

This article investigates the impact of the second national research assessment (VQR 2004–
10), which was performed in 2011 by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of …

This article introduces the notion of cultural innovation, which requires adapting our
approach to co-creation. The argument opens with a first conceptualization of cultural …

When asked to demonstrate the impact of their research, researchers build up statements
that have a causal structure. However, as these statements have by nature a historical …

Books are relevant outputs in research in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and need
to be considered properly in research evaluation. Books are different from journals and the …