Productivity and Capacity Evaluation in Research (PACER) Tool
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Time frame | The time frame intended for monitoring is up to each department to determine. |
| Bibliometrics | Each publication, presentation, or patent is counted once regardless of the number of authors. |
| 1. Peer-reviewed publications | Number of new original research articles published in the peer-reviewed literature. |
| 2. Publications other than peer-reviewed | Number of new original research contributions published outside of the peer-reviewed literature (eg, book chapters). |
| 3. Presentations (oral and poster) | Number of new oral and poster presentations given at regional, national, or international meetings or conferences. Presentations may be counted more than once if they are delivered more than once. |
| 4. Number of published faculty | Total number of faculty who were listed authors on a publication in the peer-reviewed literature. |
| 5. Number of presenting faculty | Total number of faculty who gave an oral or poster presentation at a regional, national, or international meeting or conference. |
| 6. Patents filed | Number of new patents filed. |
| 7. Patents issued | Number of new patents issued. |
| Impact | Researchers include doctoral level and other research faculty as defined under “Personnel.” |
| 8. New citations | Number of new citations in peer-reviewed literature of articles written by researchers in the department. This includes new citations for all articles of current researchers, regardless of when the article was published. |
| 9. Median h-index | Median h-index for researchers in the department. |
| Ongoing research | Ongoing research includes projects approved or deemed exempt by an IRB. |
| 10. New projects with IRB approval | Number of projects newly approved or deemed exempt within the past year. |
| 11. Active projects with IRB approval | Number of projects actively under way. This includes new projects listed above. |
| Collaboration activities | Activities involving participation with organizations outside the department. |
| 12. Joint activities with other research organizations | Number of activities as described under “Bibliometrics” or “Ongoing research” which involved direct participation from researchers outside the department (eg, other departments, other schools, or other organizations). |
| 13. Peer-review panels for research funding proposals | Number of department faculty who have served on a peer-review panel at the national or international level for extramural/external research or research training funding proposals in the past year. |
| 14. Personnel participating in national/international research leadership | Number of department faculty serving in leadership roles in national or international research-focused organizations. This can include committee service with regular meetings (at least twice yearly), committee chair, board of directors, or similar level of leadership. |
| Funding | Funding is defined as total direct dollar or in-kind support for activities intended to lead to external and peer/editorially reviewed presentations, publications, and dissemination. This includes start-up costs, bridge funding, core funding, pilot project funding, staff time, investigator support, consultation, and supplies. |
| 15. Internal funding | Funding that the department or institution contributed to research activities. |
| 16. External funding (including grants) | Funding-derived sources external to the department and external to the institution such as outside grants, industry funding, contracts, or philanthropy designated for research. |
| 17. Other funding | Funding that does not fit in the above categories (eg, endowments, royalties). |
| 18. Total funding | Sum of the 3 funding sources listed above. |
| Personnel | One research FTE includes 40 hours of work per week from personnel in the department whose time is intended to lead to external and peer/editorially reviewed presentations, publications, and dissemination. |
| 19. Doctoral level research FTE | Total research FTE of doctoral-level faculty (not including trainees) with primary academic appointments in the department. This includes FTE (paid time designated or paid effort allocated) directed toward research, regardless of the funding source, for their salary compensation in the specified time frame. |
| 20. Other research faculty FTE | Total research FTE of other research faculty with bachelor’s or master’s level degree (not including trainees) with primary academic appointments in the department. This includes FTE (paid time designated or paid effort allocated) directed toward research, regardless of the funding source, for their salary compensation in the specified time frame. |
| 21. Nonresearch faculty FTE | Total nonresearch FTE of all department personnel at or above master’s level education. This can include time spent for administration, teaching, patient care, or other activities. |
| 22. Total research administration FTE | Total FTE for administrative time of all staff with research leadership roles. |
| 23. Total faculty FTE | Total of the above 4 items |
| 24. Total faculty | Total FTE for research activities of all faculty who perform or support research activities (even if not their whole job, not including trainees). This includes only faculty directly reporting within the department and does not include research faculty in other departments or organizations paid for with grant funds. |
| 25. Total research support staff FTE | Total FTE for research activities of all staff who support research activities (even if not their whole job, not including trainees). This includes only staff directly reporting within the department and does not include research support staff in other departments or organizations paid for with grant funds. This may include statisticians, study coordinators, or research aides. |
| Education/academics | Trainee publications and presentations are included in this section, as well as in the “Bibliometrics” section. Each publication or presentation is counted once in this section regardless of the number of trainee authors. |
| 26. Research trainees | Number of trainees who were actively involved in research during the past year, even if research is not the primary focus of their education. This includes trainees at all graduate levels who are actively contributing to ongoing research or publication activities and does not include trainees not participating in any such activities. |
| 27. Trainee publications | Number of publications (peer-reviewed or other than peer-reviewed as defined above under Bibliometrics) with a trainee as a listed author. |
| 28. Trainee presentations | Number of presentations (oral or poster) with a trainee as a listed author. |
| 29. Faculty with rank of Assistant Professor | Number of research faculty with the academic rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent. |
| 30. Faculty with rank of Associate Professor | Number of research faculty with the academic rank of Associate Professor or equivalent. |
| 31. Faculty with rank of Professor | Number of research faculty with the academic rank of Professor or equivalent. |
Abbreviations: FTE, full-time equivalent; IRB, institutional review board.