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The database Lituanistika and the evaluation of SSH research

The database Lituanistika and the evaluation of SSH research. Rūta Petrauskaitė, Research Council of Lithuania. Historical context. 1995 – the first evaluation of academic institutions by the expert group from Norway

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The database Lituanistika and the evaluation of SSH research

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  1. The database Lituanistika and the evaluation of SSH research Rūta Petrauskaitė, Research Council of Lithuania

  2. Historicalcontext • 1995 – the first evaluation of academic institutions by the expert group from Norway • 1997 – evaluation of Research Institutes by national experts, drive for interdisciplinarity • 2001 – request to publish in ISI journals, fight for the Lithuanian language in academic discourse for SSH • 2005 – demand to publish in the journals included in the international DB

  3. Historical context • 2006 – ISI for SSH abolished, president’s appeal to Constitutional law concerning SSH • 2007 – answer from the constitutional law, favourable for SSH • 2009 – request to publish in the peer-reviewed journals • 2010 – lists of international DB abolished

  4. DB Lituanistika • 2006-2008 compilation of the bibliografic DB for additionally peer-reviewed publications on Lithuanian studies • 2009-2010 extention of the DB, widening of the horizon • 2011-2014 introduction of bibliometic approach

  5. Procedures of peer-review • Search for publication in LT and abroad • List of publications for the reviewers to choose from (2+1 experts per text) • Administrative evaluation (since 2012) for qualitatively reliable publications • Prevention of conflict of interests • automatic • individual

  6. Evaluation forms • Five forms for different genres monographs et al., • papers, analytical reviews, • university textbooks, • archival document publication, • informational resources

  7. Evaluation criteria • Formulation of aims and tasks • Importance of the problem, its critical reflection • Originality and novelty (thematic, methodological, empirical • Possibilities and importance of the continuation of the research • Importance of the research in the development of the field

  8. Specific elements of methodology • Choice of methods • Presence of critical reflections • Validity of theoretical approach • Validity of argumentation • Soundness of conclusions • Clarity of the structure of the text and its academic style

  9. Plans for the nearest future • To decrease the number of peer-reviewed texts • To make the evaluations public • To look for other ways of rating publications

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