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Hessels, Laurens K.; van Lente, Harro – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2011
In many Western science systems, funding structures increasingly stimulate academic research to contribute to practical applications, but at the same time the rise of bibliometric performance assessments have strengthened the pressure on academics to conduct excellent basic research that can be published in scholarly literature. We analyze the…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Credibility, Foreign Countries, Chemistry
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Hessels, Laurens K.; van Lente, Harro; Grin, John; Smits, Ruud E. H. M. – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
This paper investigates the consequences of institutional changes on academic research practices in eight fields of natural science in the Netherlands. The authors analyse the similarities and differences among the dynamics of these different fields and reflect on possible explanations for the changes observed. The study shows that the increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Sciences, Bibliometrics, Higher Education