China News Service, February 23. According to news from the website of the Ministry of Education, recently, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology issued "Several Opinions on Regulating the Use of Related Indexes of SCI Papers in Colleges and Universities to Establish Correct Evaluation Guides" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"), The paper "SCI Supreme" puts forward explicit requirements.
The "Opinions" pointed out that there are phenomena such as one-sided, excessive, and distorted use of SCI paper-related indicators in scientific research evaluations. It is necessary to standardize the use of SCI paper-related indicators in various evaluations, encourage comprehensive evaluation methods combining qualitative and quantitative, and explore the establishment of The scientific evaluation system guides the evaluation work to highlight the scientific spirit, innovation quality, and service contribution, promotes the return of academic institutions to the original academic intentions, purifies the academic atmosphere, and optimizes the academic ecology.
"Opinions" emphasized that we must accurately understand SCI papers and related indicators, and deeply understand the negative impact brought by the paper "SCI Supreme". At the same time, actively explore the establishment of a scientific evaluation system, including: establishing a sound classification evaluation system, for each type of scientific research work, put forward the focus of each evaluation, clarify the different weights of the paper; improve academic peer evaluation, guide the review experts is not simple Replacing professional judgment with relevant indicators of SCI papers, providing professional evaluation opinions responsibly, and advocating the establishment of an evaluation reputation system for evaluation experts; standardizing evaluation evaluation work, and vigorously reducing evaluation evaluation items, evaluation indicators and methods must fully listen to opinions and implement representative evaluations. And follow the principle of peer review.
"Opinions" requires that the use of relevant indicators of SCI papers should be standardized. Improve the evaluation of disciplines and schools, highlight the quality and contribution of innovation, and carefully select quantitative indicators. Optimize the evaluation methods of professional titles (jobs), and do not use the relevant indicators of SCI papers as the direct basis for the evaluation of professional titles (jobs), and as a prerequisite for the employment of personnel. To reverse the utilitarian tendency of assessment rewards, it is not appropriate for schools to set requirements for thesis indicators for faculties and individuals, and to cancel rewards for individuals and faculties directly based on SCI thesis related indicators. Scientifically set the quality standards for degree awards. Schools should not use indicators such as the number of published SCI papers and impact factors as restrictive conditions for students' graduation and degree awards. Establish a correct policy orientation, do not adopt information, do not release rankings compiled with SCI paper-related indicators as the core.