Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214462 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2010-04
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel
Abstract: 
Academic rankings today are the backbone of research governance, which seem to fit the aims of "new public management" on the one side and the idea of the "republic of science" on the other side. Nevertheless rankings recently came under scrutiny. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of academic rankings, in particular their unintended negative consequences on the research process. To counterbalance these negative consequences we suggest (a) rigorous selection and socialization, and (b) downplaying the impact of rankings in order to reconcile academic self-governance with accountability to the public.
Subjects: 
peer reviews
rankings
research governance
psychological economics
new public management
economics of science
control theory
JEL: 
H52
H83
I23
J44
L38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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