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The results of the experiments suggest that research leadership status by field can be assessed in a timely fashion at reasonable cost. International benchmarking has potential utility for policy-makers and federal agencies in determining the leadership status of the United States in particular fields, subfields, and possibly sub-subfields.
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· If federal agencies use benchmarking, the wide variation in agency missions dictates that each agency tailor the technique to its own needs. · Use of indicators that provide information on degree of uncertainty and reliability of benchmarking results might enhance the presentation of panel assessments of leadership status.
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Executive Summary The present experiments should be regarded as an encouraging first step toward the design of an efficient and reliable evaluation tool. An accumulation of benchmarking exercises will lead to more-effective methods, better understanding of the factors that promote research excellence, and better decision-making by funders of science and technology.
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