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Quality of Research

 

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These indicators will look at research quality and excellence - with a particular focus on the information from the Performance-Based Research Fund.

1.  Key indicators

The 2003 PBRF results show that, of research who had produced sufficient quality and quantity of output in the previous six years to be adequately assessed (i.e. rated ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’) almost half produced work of national or international standing.

Distribution of research staff (in FTEs) rated ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ by the PBRF quality evaluation by rating 2003

External research earnings provides a measure of perceived quality and confidence in university-based research. Research income has continued to increase, although it has leveled off as a proportion of total income.

University research contract income 1997–2005

Source:University Annual Reports

Analysis of PBRF results has also shown that research outputs are highly corelated to research quality. As with income, overall growth in outputs has continued, although it is possibly levelling off.

University research outputs 1997–2004

Source: University Annual Reports

Note: this series has been discontinued due to changes in the way research outputs are reported.

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2.  What has been reported

Baseline Monitoring Report

Quality of Research

Monitoring Report 2004

Performance Based Research Fund – implementation and quality evaluation results

Monitoring Report 2005

Quality of Research

3.  Related information

What determines the research performance of staff in New Zealand’s tertiary education sector?

This report applies statistical modelling to the results of the 2003 Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluation. It provides interesting new information on the performance of PBRF-eligible staff across a variety of characteristics such as gender, ethnic group and position.

Research measures: comparing the new with the old

Two historical measures of TEO research performance in the universities - total research outputs and external research income - were found to have a high degree of correlation with the PBRF quality scores.

The measurement of the research performance of Tertiary Education Organisations: An analysis of the impact of weightings in the Performance-Based Research Fund

Analysis of the methodology used to assign quality categories in the 2003 quality evaluation found that the actual level of variation in the research performance of TEOs was less than was indicated in the published results, but reflects the outcomes sought from the PBRF policy.

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