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Evolution of SSH Research Evaluation in Lithuania: A Comprehensive Overview

Explore the historical context and evolution of SSH research evaluation in Lithuania from the 1990s to the present, focusing on key milestones, procedures, criteria, and plans for the future.

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Evolution of SSH Research Evaluation in Lithuania: A Comprehensive Overview

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  1. The database Lituanistika and the evaluation of SSH research Rūta Petrauskaitė, Research Council of Lithuania

  2. Historicalcontext • 1995 – the first evaluation of academic institutions by the expert group from Norway • 1997 – evaluation of Research Institutes by national experts, drive for interdisciplinarity • 2001 – request to publish in ISI journals, fight for the Lithuanian language in academic discourse for SSH • 2005 – demand to publish in the journals included in the international DB

  3. Historical context • 2006 – ISI for SSH abolished, president’s appeal to Constitutional law concerning SSH • 2007 – answer from the constitutional law, favourable for SSH • 2009 – request to publish in the peer-reviewed journals • 2010 – lists of international DB abolished

  4. DB Lituanistika • 2006-2008 compilation of the bibliografic DB for additionally peer-reviewed publications on Lithuanian studies • 2009-2010 extention of the DB, widening of the horizon • 2011-2014 introduction of bibliometic approach

  5. Procedures of peer-review • Search for publication in LT and abroad • List of publications for the reviewers to choose from (2+1 experts per text) • Administrative evaluation (since 2012) for qualitatively reliable publications • Prevention of conflict of interests • automatic • individual

  6. Evaluation forms • Five forms for different genres monographs et al., • papers, analytical reviews, • university textbooks, • archival document publication, • informational resources

  7. Evaluation criteria • Formulation of aims and tasks • Importance of the problem, its critical reflection • Originality and novelty (thematic, methodological, empirical • Possibilities and importance of the continuation of the research • Importance of the research in the development of the field

  8. Specific elements of methodology • Choice of methods • Presence of critical reflections • Validity of theoretical approach • Validity of argumentation • Soundness of conclusions • Clarity of the structure of the text and its academic style

  9. Plans for the nearest future • To decrease the number of peer-reviewed texts • To make the evaluations public • To look for other ways of rating publications

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