It is controversial to use citation index to evaluate and rank scholars, but if there is no objective index, they are worried about the influence of subjective likes and dislikes and prejudice. What is the best teacher academic evaluation? How to improve the academic evaluation of teachers?
This is the interesting queston.
You write " if there is no objective index", but there is no objective index any case.
citation index is much about topic/subject/scietific area than about the academic performance of the reseachers....
In my opininion digital sociometric indicators couldn't be good at evaluation... They create pressure and than new "unscietific" behavior patterns.
As I see it, it is good to combine more parameters in evaluating a scholar’s academic performance. One can take into account the citation index, publication activity, scope of research, international cooperation, but also the number of diploma theses he/she has supervised. The more indicators you consider, the more complex picture you get.
I doubt that it is possible to find objective criteria for the academic evaluation of teachers. And the question is for which purpose these evaluations are needed. It seems to me that there is an inflation of evaluations, rankings, quality management with "objective" parameters, etc. etc., which steal time instead of being helpful.
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