A fuzzy multi-criteria group decision making method for individual research output evaluation with maximum consensus

Individual research output (IRO) evaluation is both practically and theoretically important. Current research tends to only consider either bibliometric measures or peer review in IRO evaluation. This paper argues that bibliometric measures and peer review should be applied simultaneously to evaluate IRO. Moreover, in real life situations IRO evaluations are often made by groups and inevitably contain evaluators’ subjective judgments....