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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961676403321

Titolo

Experiments in international benchmarking of US research fields / / Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

9786610210138

9780309172189

0309172187

9781280210136

1280210133

9780309516662

0309516668

9780585227160

0585227160

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Compass series

Disciplina

507/.2073

Soggetti

Research - United States - Evaluation

Benchmarking (Management)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 METHODOLOGY -- 3 RESULTS OF THE BENCHMARKING EXPERIMENTS -- 4 FINDINGS -- 5 DISCUSSION -- 6 CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND PUBLIC POLICY: MEMBER AND STAFF BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION -- APPENDIX B Excerpts from National Academies Reports -- APPENDIX C Workshop on International Benchmarking of US Research -- ATTACHMENT 1 INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING OF US MATHEMATICS RESEARCH -- ATTACHMENT 2 INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING OF US MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH -- ATTACHMENT 3 INTERNATIONAL



BENCHMARKING OF US IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH.

Sommario/riassunto

How can the federal government gauge the overall health of scientific research--as a whole and in its parts--and determine whether national funding adequately supports national research objectives? It is feasible to monitor US performance with field-by-field peer assessments. This might be done through the establishment of independent panels consisting of researchers who work in a field, individuals who work in closely related fields, and research "users" who follow the field closely. Some of these individuals should be outstanding foreign scientists in the field being examined. This technique of comparative international assessments is also known as international benchmarking. Experiments in International Benchmarking of U.S. Research Fields evaluates the feasibility and utility of the benchmarking technique. In order to do this, the report internationally benchmarks three fields: mathematics, immunology, and materials science and engineering, then summarizes the results of these experiments.