A multicriteria method for evaluating transport research projects.

Abstract

Research evaluation has emerged as a ―rapid growth industry‖. Every four years more than 10 billion Euros are allocated to research projects by the European Commission through Framework Programmes. During the last ten years a large number of research projects have been addressed to evaluate other projects. However, some evaluation projects do not take a global view of the project results. The evaluation of research projects in the field of transport should be ‗quantified‘ as follows: Research activities (‗outputs‘, books, conference papers); Research community and society; Contributions to the research culture