Regional and institutional trends in assessment for academic promotion.

ABSTRACT: The assessment of research performance is widely seen as a vital tool in upholding the highest standards of quality, with selection and competition believed to drive progress. Academic institutions need to take critical decisions on hiring and promotion, while facing external pressure by also being subject to research assessment^1-4. Here we present an outlook on research assessment for career progression with specific focus on promotion to full professorship, based on 314 policies from 190 academic institutions and 218 policies from 58 government agencies, covering 32 countries in the Global North and 89 countries in the Global South. We investigated how frequently various promotion criteria are mentioned and carried out a statistical analysis to infer commonalities and differen

SUBMITTER: Lim BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821531 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature