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Dialogue in or with the peer review? Evaluating research organizations in order to promote organizational learning

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Evaluation or assessment of scientific work in universities and other research organizations has traditionally been organized around the peer review system with its almost jury-like functionality. This approach traditionally looked only at the output or the product of scientific work and was for many years, and to some extent is still, acknowledged as uniquely suited to the evaluation of something like scientific work. Today, however, the system is being questioned. A growing reliance on quantitative indicators in science policy, the changing relationship between science and society, and the emergence of theories of knowledge-based organizations have occasioned a rethinking of the peer review process. As a contribution to these discussions, this article presents a case study that can be read as an argument for a more dynamic and interactive model of peer review in the evaluation of research organizations. After presenting the case, it discusses the strengths and weaknesses of this suggested model. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Finn Hansson, 2010. "Dialogue in or with the peer review? Evaluating research organizations in order to promote organizational learning," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 37(4), pages 239-251, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:37:y:2010:i:4:p:239-251
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    1. A. I. M. Jakaria Rahman & Raf Guns & Loet Leydesdorff & Tim C. E. Engels, 2016. "Measuring the match between evaluators and evaluees: cognitive distances between panel members and research groups at the journal level," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 109(3), pages 1639-1663, December.
    2. Irwin Feller, 2013. "Peer review and expert panels as techniques for evaluating the quality of academic research," Chapters, in: Albert N. Link & Nicholas S. Vonortas (ed.), Handbook on the Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation, chapter 5, pages 115-142, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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