One method is to have no G*. Tell people some of the things you’ll be looking at, but don’t give them specific targets or tell them exactly how you will be judging G.
This is the method currently in use to assess the quality of research in departments of universities in the UK. Every department that wants to be assessed must supply certain very detailed information (e.g. for each member of staff declared as doing research, a list of their recent publications, grants held, awards received, etc.). The actual assessment is carried out behind closed doors. They give general guidelines about their criteria, but the process is one of “expert review, informed by indicators where appropriate”.
This is done every few years. The data requested changes every time, and sometimes even the name of the exercise. As government funding depends on the outcome, every research-active department is desperate to get a good rating.
One method is to have no G*. Tell people some of the things you’ll be looking at, but don’t give them specific targets or tell them exactly how you will be judging G.
This is the method currently in use to assess the quality of research in departments of universities in the UK. Every department that wants to be assessed must supply certain very detailed information (e.g. for each member of staff declared as doing research, a list of their recent publications, grants held, awards received, etc.). The actual assessment is carried out behind closed doors. They give general guidelines about their criteria, but the process is one of “expert review, informed by indicators where appropriate”.
This is done every few years. The data requested changes every time, and sometimes even the name of the exercise. As government funding depends on the outcome, every research-active department is desperate to get a good rating.