Does Quality Matter? Quality Assurance in Research for the Chilean Higher Education System

IF 5.5 3区材料科学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL ACS Applied Energy Materials Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI:10.3390/publications12010004

Elizabeth Troncoso, Daniel A. López, René Ruby-Figueroa, Dieter Koch, Ricardo Reich

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This study analyzes the research quality assurance processes in Chilean universities. Data from 29 universities accredited by the National Accreditation Commission were collected. The relationship between institutional accreditation and research performance was analyzed using length in years of institutional accreditation and eight research metrics used as the indicators of quantity, quality, and impact of a university’s outputs at an international level. The results showed that quality assurance in research of Chilean universities is mainly associated with quantity and not with the quality and impact of academic publications. There was also no relationship between the number of publications and their quality, even finding cases with negative correlations. In addition to the above, the relationship between international metrics to evaluate research performance (i.e., international collaboration, field-weighted citation impact, and output in the top 10% citation percentiles) showed the existence of three clusters of heterogeneous composition regarding the distribution of universities with different years of institutional accreditation. These findings call for a new focus on improving regulatory processes to evaluate research performance and adequately promote institutions’ development and the effectiveness of their mission.

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质量重要吗？智利高等教育系统的研究质量保证

本研究分析了智利大学的研究质量保证程序。研究收集了 29 所通过国家认证委员会认证的大学的数据。研究使用机构认证年限和八项研究指标分析了机构认证与研究绩效之间的关系，这八项指标被用作衡量一所大学产出的数量、质量和国际影响力的指标。结果表明，智利大学的研究质量保证主要与数量有关，而与学术出版物的质量和影响无关。出版物的数量与质量之间也没有关系，甚至出现了负相关的情况。除上述情况外，评估研究绩效的国际指标（即国际合作、领域加权引文影响和前 10%引文百分位数产出）之间的关系显示，在不同机构认证年限的大学分布方面，存在三个异质构成的集群。这些发现要求我们重新关注改进监管程序，以评估研究绩效，并充分促进院校的发展及其使命的有效性。

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ACS Applied Energy Materials Materials Science-Materials Chemistry

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期刊介绍： ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.

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