Table 1 Indicators for the quantification of research activity and attributed values

Grants

- Obtained competitively

€24.000^a= 1 point

- Referring to all or part of the year in question

Publications

- Listed in ISI Web of knowledge (peer-reviewed)

- Position/role of author in the project

1 paper = 1 point* position value* Normalized IF

- Published in the year in question

- Normalized journal impact factor

- Abstracts are excluded

PhD students/External collaborators

- Financed by research grants not obtained in the framework of competitive programs

Time dedicated to supervision activities

1 PhD student, collaborator/year =1 point

- Supervisor during all or part of the year in question

Projects

- Not financed with funds from competitive programs

1 project= 0.2 if spontaneous study; 0.1 if commissioned study

- Starting in the year in question

- Principal Investigator

Patent filing

- Registration in the year in question

1 patent= 0.1 points

Training in the field of research methodology

- Documented attendance in the year in question

1 master= 0.2 points

1 course= 0.1 points

Research proposals

Submitted to competitive programs but not awarded funding in the year in question

1 protocol=0.1 points

Member of committee for guideline production

Documented participation in the year in question

1 guideline= 0.1 if national; 0.2 if international

Teaching activity on own research

Documented in the year in question

teaching activity= 0.2 points

Serving as peer-reviewer (of grants and papers)

Documented in the year in question

1 journal/grant= 0.2 points if international; 0.1 points if national

Abstracts, articles, book chapters, etc.

- Not peer-reviewed

1 document= 0.2 if available internationally; 0.1 if available nationally; 0.05 if abstract

- Published and retrievable in the year in question

Article submission to peer-reviewed journals

- Not accepted for publication in the year in question

1 paper= 0.1 points

- Documented