Recenzentsko ocenjevanje, kvantitativni kazalniki in uporaba informacijskih orodij za evalvacijo znanstveno-raziskovalnih aktivnosti (Slovene)

The funding system for science is viewed as an important investment in the future. A well-functioning system has to find a balance between largely contrasting requirements: it has to allow some steering of the research system towards broader policy goals versus leaving a sufficient degree of autonomy to scientists and research groups. It must also stimulate by allocating funds to the hitherto best scientists/researchers, yet keep places open for new researchers and new research ideas to emerge. Modern science policy-makers in governments have shifted away from absolutely worshiping science/academic autonomy to an interactive and dynamic – and far more managed – relationship between scientists, government and society. From the outset of this process, questions have been raised about the implications of different aspects of science policy. Slovenia has a centralised and unified system of researchers’ bibliographies, which form part of the Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services (COBISS). Research activities need to be governed by transparency, especially when the research is funded from public resources. Slovenia may be a small country (two million inhabitants) but it possesses a vigorous research community. Academics and researchers alike are subjected to rigorous criteria in the academic tenure systems as well as in the calls for research proposals, with the final aim of improving Slovenia's competitive capacity in the globalized world. The system of evaluation, has been consistently used over two decades which permits the analysis of data on a long-term basis. This system also allows research that is interesting worldwide and also appear in prestigous international journals.

The results are especially important for monitoring research policy in Slovenia and improving the existing expert system.