Reframing the debate on quality v/s quantity in research assessment

Authors

Jiban K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology

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.

First Page

70

Last Page

71

DOI

10.14429/djlit.41.1.16682

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Comments

Open Access, Gold, Green

Recommended Citation

Pal, Jiban K., "Reframing the debate on quality v/s quantity in research assessment" (2021). Journal Articles. 2218.
https://digitalcommons.isical.ac.in/journal-articles/2218