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. 2013 Jan 14;11:2. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-2

Table 4.

Baseline model

(A): Structure
        No. in the Dept
Head of Dept
1
1
 
1
 
Group A
Group B
Group C
 
Group leader
1
1
1
3
Mid-rank researcher
2
2
2
6
Post-doctoral fellow
4
4
4
12
PhD student (junior)*
3
3
3
9
PhD student (senior)**
3
3
3
9
Total
13
13
13
40
*First half of PhD studentship; **Second half of PhD studentship


(B): Grants. The total grant income for the Department is 16.8 million NOK
 
Grant income per person (NOK /yr)
Grant points per person*
Head of Dept
250,000
0.250
Group leader
500,000
0.500
Mid-rank researcher
1,000,000
1.000
Post-doctoral fellow
750,000
0.750
PhD student (junior)
0
0.000
PhD student (senior)
0
0.000
*Grant points = grant income multiplied by the currency scaling factor (1 million NOK = 1 point)


(C): Papers. The total number of papers published by the Department is 91
 
No. of papers per person, a*
Author-position/ Type of paper
Author score per paper, b*
Journal impact factor, c*
Publication points per person*
Head of Dept
1
AU 6 of 6
0.300
1.5
0.450
Group leader
2
AU 3/4/5 of 6
0.050
1.5
0.150
Mid-rank researcher
3
AU 2 of 3
0.200
1.5
0.900
Post-doctoral fellow
4
AU 3 of 3
0.300
1.5
1.800
PhD student (junior)
0
-
-
-
0.000
PhD student (senior)
2
First AU of 2
0.700
1.5
2.100
*Publication points = a x b x c


(D): PhD students. The total number of PhD students supervised by members of the Department is 18
 
PhD students per person
PhD points per person*
Head of Dept
0
0
Group leader
1
1
Mid-rank researcher
1.5
1.5
Post-doctoral fellow
0.5
0.5
PhD student (junior)
0
0
PhD student (senior)
0
0
*PhD points = no of students supervised


(E): Points. Scores, per individual and total for the Department
 
Total score per individual
Portfolio balance (%)*
No. of individuals
Total grant points
Total publication points
Total PhD points
Total score
Score% of Dept total
Head of Dept
0.700
97
1
0.250
0.450
0.000
0.700
1
Group leader
1.650
78
3
1.500
0.450
3.000
4.950
6
Mid-rank researcher
3.400
28
6
6.000
5.400
9.000
20.400
25
Post-doctoral fellow
3.050
68
12
9.000
21.600
6.000
36.600
45
PhD student (junior)
0.000
-
9
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.0
PhD student (senior)
2.100
173
9
0.000
18.900
0.000
18.900
23
Total
 
 
40
16.750
46.800
18.000
81.550
100.0
*Portfolio balance is the coefficient of variation of the three component scores. Lower values indicate more uniformity