A Historical Survey and the Present Status on Evaluation of Research in Japan through the Activity of the Research Evaluation Study Group(ACTIVITIE OF GROUP AND KANSAI BRANCH)

Abstract

Evaluation of research in Japan for each of the first half and the second half of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s is surveyed through the activity of the research evaluation study group. Evaluation of research in universities, design of evaluation of research in the transition processes of the national research institutes into the independent research agencies, evaluation of research in the Japanese industries, the activity of bibliometrics study subgroup are reported.