Evolution Of Research Assessment In Lithuania 2005 - 2015

Introduction Traditionally, governmental funding of scientific research has been based on input factors (e.g. student numbers), however since the end of the 1980s most developed countries have introduced assessment systems based on scientific output. Numerous examples of research quality assessment can be named as products of innovation and incremental change (Barker, 2007; Hicks, 2012; RDI Council, 2013). An overview of assessment methods applied in Eastern European countries in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities has recently been presented (Pajic, 2015), but information about Lithuanian assessment of research is lacking. Here, we analyse seven sequential Lithuanian methods of research assessment in the period 2005–2015, their influence and consequences.