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Choosing input indicators for research managers

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This paper focusses on the use of input indicators as a planning tool for research planners and administrators in one research sector. It reviews the experience of a number of developing countries in attempting to develop such indicators for national agricultural research systems. It appears that the more commonality there is in the research subject and environment, the more disaggregated the input data, research managers would find useful. While the paper reviews only one research sector, it concludes with comments on the feasibility of using similar measures in other sectors.

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Daniels, W.D. Choosing input indicators for research managers. Scientometrics 11, 17–25 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016626

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