The Journal of Science Policy and Research Management 34(3) 190-215 2019
<p>This article overviews the past Science and Technology Basic Plans and foresees what should be taken into consideration as a framework for the next plan. The challenges left by the past plans include system-level reforms of the public research ...
The journal of science policy and research management 29(1) 18-30 Apr 2014
"Mission differentiation," "reinforcement of functions," and "mission redefinition" of universities are some recent keywords in Japanese higher education policy. These words all require universities to reconsider their mission in a changing societ...
The journal of science policy and research management 29(1) 4-7 Apr 2014
The current government in Japan is prioritizing university reform as one of its policies for Japanese revitalization. In fact, university reform is not a new word. Universities have made several reforms since the 1990s. However, a recent governmen...
Journal of Japan Society of Information and Knowledge 24(4) 370-380 2014
University evaluation systems were introduced in 2004 and ten years later, some challenges are emerging. One is the establishment of internal quality assurance system in universities and the other is universities' performance measurement in relat...
Journal of Information Processing and Management 53(12) 665-679 2011
Universities in Japan are required to conduct self-analysis of own research activities, confronting the institutionalization of university evaluation, competitive organizational-level funding, and requirement for mission differentiation. In this a...
The present study aimed to review existing science and technology indicators, and to develop new indicators. For that purpose, we conducted the following sub studies ; 1) developing databases available for research evaluation of institutes, 2) inv...
In this study, institutionalization of research evaluation and diversity of research were theoretically and empirically analyzed. The study shows 1) the recent change of research evaluation system in some countries and their theoretical structure ...
Ron R (Research on Research) is an expanded concept of "Science of Science" that defined by D.S. Price, which means an analysis on research activities. In the field of R on R, it is very important to investigate quantitative and qualitative method...
