On the Dominance of Quantitative Evaluation in Peripherall Countries: Auditing Research with Technologies of Distance

In the last two decades many countries in the periphery of the science system have developed policies to improve the ‘quality’ of their science. These policies for ‘catching up’ with developed countries include policy instruments based on notions of ‘quality’ or ‘excellence’ – either explicitly or implicitly. An analysis of these policy instruments reveals two observations. First, they are based on quantitative evaluation methods that are...