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Aggregate indicator title

Written material

Description

Formal and informal written products

Domain

Science & Technology

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative

Primary/Secondary data

Secondary data

Source of data

(Publicly available) project documentations; Online repositories (e.g. Science Direct, Google Scholar, etc.)

Time series

No

Unit of measurement (observation)

Nominal

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Output

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A

Data collection method(s)

Review of project documentation and publications; analysis of project tools

Data collection item(s)

Not indicated, but can be derived from the following definitions:

  • Number of theses and dissertations using data from or reporting on the project
  • Number of published peer-reviewed science papers that report on the project or apply its data
  • Number of formal reports reporting results, such as white papers, technical, and other reports
  • Existence (or total monetary value) of competitive funding awards from private or public funders
Indicator building
  • Dissertations, theses (#)
  • Scholarly publications (#)
  • Reports (#)
  • Grants awarded (#, $)
Availability of data

Medium-high

Feasibility

Minimal resources required

Comments/caveats
Source of indicator definition

Wiggins et al. (2018)