Although there is no single European way of doing research evaluation, it has been going on since the 1970s, importantly supported by the European Community. Trends include: evaluating socio-economic impacts, commenting on the importance and appropriateness of the evaluated activities, modified...

Citations have been increasingly used in research evaluation in recent years. This paper assesses citations as a measure of performance by comparing them with peer judgment. It considers the differences of these two methods, and pays attention to some factors other than quality which potentially...

This article explores the newly founded European Research Council's (ERC) peer review system and its ability to sustain its mission to promote excellent, groundbreaking research. The article explores the extent to which the selection of groundbreaking research is constrained by inherent...