Research Productivity and Bureaucracy: Research Evaluation, University Organization, and Strategy of Researchers

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K15239
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 25010:Social systems engineering-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo (2022); Hiroshima University (2019-2021)
• Principal Investigator: Fukumoto Eriko 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 講師 (40835948)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 研究 / 研究者 / 論文 / 認識 / 行動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to explore the reality of research productivity and publication strategies of researchers, and how they are influenced by the environment, institutions, and culture surrounding them. I conducted interviews with 23 researchers who had participated in the Japan Science and Technology Agency's PRESTO program in the past. In these interviews, I focused on researchers' own perceptions and experiences regarding research activities and being a researcher, rather than relying on quantitative indicators. Based on the interaction with the interviewees, I have started an additional interview project on the perceptions and actions of researchers who have experience in supervising the projects in these research programs, which I plan to continue after the funding period ends.

Free Research Field

科学技術社会論、研究政策

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、論文数や被引用数などの研究評価の量的指標や、一部それに基づいた大学への資金配分等の実施が日本国内でも見受けられるなかで、研究や研究者という存在と営みについて研究者ら自身が抱く認識や経験の調査をとおして、研究や研究者のあり方を改めて理解するためのものであった。本研究で得られた知見は、学術界や研究システムの文化や規範及び制度についての理解深化によって、学術的な貢献だけでなく、関連する政策や大学組織の現場への示唆につながるものである。