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This indicator set the quality and quantity of research undertaken within the tertiary education sector.
1. Key indicators
Tertiary institutions make up the largest group of producers of published research. From 1997 to 2003, the number of published papers from tertiary institutions has increased.
Changes in the numbers of papers produced by each sector in 1997, 2000 and 2003
Source:Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, National Bibliometric Report 2001–2004.
The results of the 2003 PBRF show that, of researchers who had produced sufficient quality and quantity of output in the previous six years to be adequately assessed, almost half produced work on national or international standing.
Distribution of research staff (in FTEs) rated ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ by the PBRF quality evaluation by rating 2003
The total funding for university research contracts continues to increase, while income as a proportion of overall funding has levelled off.
University research contract income 1997–2005
Source: University annual reports
Just over half of the research contract income of universities came from contracts funded by government research funding bodies. Nearly 40 percent of the growth from 2002 to 2004 was in contracts other than those funded by government research funding bodies.
University research contract income by source 2002–2004
Sources: Tertiary Education Commission, annual reports of universities, Royal Society of NZ, Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, and Health Research Council
Note: this series has been discontinued due to changes in policies for government research funding allocation.
The number of research outputs by universities has fluctuated from year to year. The overall trend would appear to be towards levelling off in numbers.
University research output 1997–2004
Source: University annual reports
Note: this series has been discontinued due to changes in the way outputs are reported by some universities.
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2. What has been reported
- Baseline Monitoring Report
- Research Within the Tertiary Education Sector
- Monitoring Report 2004
- Research Within the Tertiary Education Sector
- Monitoring Report 2005
- Research Within the Tertiary Education Sector
3. Related information of interest
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Research measures: comparing seven new measures of research performance in tertiary education
- A high degree of correlation was found between the various PBRF quality scores at the TEO level.
- An analysis of funding allocations for staff and research degree completions in the Performance-Based Research Fund
- Analysis showed that when the PBRF is fully implemented there will be significant funding attracted by high performing researchers for their TEOs. There is now a significant incentive for TEOs to ensure the successful completion of research graduates, with the majority of government funding for these students now tied to their successful completion.
- Performance-Based Research Fund - Evaluating Research Excellence: the 2003 assessment
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- Evaluation of the implementation of the PBRF and the conduct of the 2003 Quality Evaluation (Tertiary Education Commission)
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