Abstract
Evaluation of research and development activites in universities, national laboratories and other governmental organizations has been implemented since the "General Guidelines for Evaluation of National Research and Development Activities"was established in August 1997. The current evaluation criteria include the number of published papers, frequency of citations and number of patents granted, which are not adequate for subject areas where the number of papers does not count, and therefore do not allow comparison between different subject areas. Another problem is that, whereas evaluation of a program before starting the research is a clear-cutone with a go/no-go result, the result of interim evaluation or evaluation of final results is not clearly reflected in the policy. In other words, the current evaluation system dose not provide a feedback mechanism to achieve more effective and efficient distribution for research resources. A system in which evaluation results are reflected in research planning, with a flexibility allowing for reevaluation, is urgently required.
