Rankings games

Arbeitspapier

Research rankings based on publications and citations today dominate governance of academia. Yet they have unintended side effects on individual scholars and academic institutions and can be counterproductive. They induce a substitution of the taste for science by a taste for publication. We suggest as alternatives careful selection and socialization of scholars, supplemented by periodic self-evaluations and awards. Neither should rankings be a basis for the distributions of funds within universities. Rather, qualified individual scholars should be supported by basic funds to be able to engage in new and unconventional research topics and methods.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 39

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Economics: General ; Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact ; Public Administration; Public Sector Accounting and Audits ; Organization of Production ; Personnel Economics: General
• Subject: academic governance ; rankings ; motivation ; selection ; socialization ; Ranking-Verfahren ; Kritik ; Leistungsmotivation ; Sozialisation ; Hochschulforschung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Frey, Bruno S. ; Osterloh, Margit
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Zurich, Department of Economics
• (where): Zurich
• (when): 2011

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5167/uzh-51543
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77584
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET