¹Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Box 3000, Oulun yliopisto FIN-90014, Finland

Correspondence: Juhani Iivari, Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Box 3000, Oulun yliopisto FIN-90014, Finland. E-mail: Juhani.iivari@oulu.fi

Received 22 February 2008; Revised 28 February 2008; Re-revised 9 March 2008; Accepted 9 March 2008.

Abstract

Research assessment can be based either on expert evaluation or bibliometric evaluation. This opinion paper evaluates pros and cons of these two approaches, concluding that they are complementary approaches. Therefore, they should be properly combined and synchronized to form an informative and cost-effective research assessment framework.