Research productivity metrics designed for international and national comparison of institutions may be uncritically adopted for research assessments, especially within young universities with short research traditions. It is argued that such measures can be misleading when assessing small groups of researchers such as within a department, and that they may provide limited usefulness for leaders at different levels of an organization. Instead, the ratio of participation is proposed as a research evaluation metric for smaller groups of researchers. Publication data from Norway are used as examples. The proposed metric is simple to implement and understand, and therefore holds potential for young universities that are strategically strengthening their research capabilities.

为机构的国际和国家比较而设计的研究生产力指标可能会被不加批判地用于研究评估，尤其是在研究传统较短的年轻大学中。有人认为，在评估一个部门内的一小群研究人员时，这些措施可能会产生误导，并且它们对组织不同级别的领导者的用处可能有限。相反，参与率被提议作为针对较小研究人员群体的研究评估指标。来自挪威的出版物数据用作示例。拟议的指标易于实施和理解，因此对于战略性地加强其研究能力的年轻大学具有潜力。