Appreciating, Measuring and Incentivising Discipline Diversity: Meaningful Indicators of Collaboration in Research

Authors

• Helen Hasan, University of WollongongFollow
• Linda Dawson, University of WoolongongFollow

Document Type

Research on Indigenous use of Information and Communication Technologies

Abstract

Inter-disciplinary collaborative research is generally believed to lead to innovative outcomes in areas that may be missed in research studies based in a single discipline. However, currently available research performance indicators, based on scholarly peer-reviewed publications and citations from a single discipline, do little to recognise the merits of collaborative and inter-disciplinary research. This paper presents an empirical study of members of a research unit and their publication and grant profiles. From analysis of this data a set of profile categories emerged together with the relevant indicators which provide a framework from which a deeper understanding of how different research behaviours contribute to the differences in researchers’ individual profiles. These profiles could be used to provide a richer environment for the evaluation of research performance, both in terms of outputs and potential funding opportunities, and indicators of ‘good research’ in inter-disciplinary projects.

Recommended Citation

Hasan, Helen and Dawson, Linda (2015) "Appreciating, Measuring and Incentivising Discipline Diversity: Meaningful Indicators of Collaboration in Research," The Australasian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 19: No. 1, Article 15.
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v19i0.1211
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ajis/vol19/iss1/15