Academic research evaluation in artistic disciplines: the case of Poland

This study focuses on the evaluation of artistic disciplines (visual and performing arts) within performance-based university research funding systems. It offers an analysis Polish academic system investigates its effects scholarly productivity artists-academics. Poland has adopted a that includes productions (without considering them as ‘research’) developed comprehensive quantification achievements. We analyse data from Current Research Information System 136,894 outputs submitted by 93 art faculties for two exercises (in 2013 2017). Our findings demonstrate change in artists-academics towards publication practices characteristic science-oriented disciplines. also find departments located universities exhibit greater tendency changing than independent schools. The this both: (1) designs national systems (2) structures higher education may influence outcomes practice-based