Reframing the Debate on Quality vs Quantity in Research Assessment

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.41.1.16682

Keywords:

Research evaluation, Institutional ranking, Quality assessment, Combined metric, NIRF

Abstract

The debate on quality versus quantity is still persistent for methodological considerations. These two approaches are highly contrasting in their epistemology and contrary to each other. A single composite indicator that reasonably senses both quality and quantity would be significant toward performance. This paper evaluates the potency of the combined metric for quality assessment of publications (QP) in India’s National Institutional Research Framework (NIRF) exercise in 2020. It also suggests a potential improvement in quality measurement to obtain the rankings more rationally with finer tunings.

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Published

2021-02-11

How to Cite

Pal, J. K. (2021). Reframing the Debate on Quality vs Quantity in Research Assessment. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 41(1), 70–71. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.41.1.16682

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (2021): Ranking of Institutions of Higher Education

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Short Communication

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