Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Leiden Manifesto and Research Assessment

  • Letter
  • Published:
Science and Engineering Ethics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Evaluation of scientific research is essential to judge the impact of research and the author. In this regard, a newly devised Leiden Manifesto describes 10 principles for guiding research evaluation. The principles need to be analyzed critically and adapted as a preferred method of research evaluation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Reference

  • Hicks, D., Wouters, P., Waltman, L., De Rijcke, S., & Rafols, I. (2015). The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics. Nature, 520, 429–431.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India

    Tanuj Kanchan

  2. Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

    Kewal Krishan

Authors
  1. Tanuj Kanchan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Kewal Krishan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kewal Krishan.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

None.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kanchan, T., Krishan, K. The Leiden Manifesto and Research Assessment. Sci Eng Ethics 25, 643–644 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-0012-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-0012-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation