In a dynamically developing scientifi c environment, there is a tendency toward creating mechanisms that objectively evaluate the output of individual scientifi c units. Selected indicators can be applied, inter alia, to work out specifi c criteria for awarding funds for scientifi c research activities. One of the most important indicators used is the impact of researchers' publications, which today determines the overall outcome of the evaluation of a research unit. Th e key question in this context is whether any socio-demographic factors are correlated with the impact of the scholarship work of individual researchers and, if yes, what those indicators are, specifi cally. Th e purpose of this study was to determine the existence and, if confi rmed, the nature of correlation between the impact of researchers' publications and selected socio-demographic factors such as: age, gender and family status. Th e study sample included all the academic employees of the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Toruń (Poland). Th e results demonstrated that the socio-demographic factors considered showed little correlation with publications' impactfulness as measured in the Polish evaluation system of research units.
The article attempts to define the category of publication efficiency in science, and in this context to determine the strength of connections between financial outlays, the number of academic staff and the number of publications on the Web of Science at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Reference data are established by the indexes compiled analogously at the Polish national level. The obtained results suggest a positive trend in publication efficiency at both the national and NCU levels. However, the differences between faculties and disciplines are significant. Moreover, analysis makes it possible to say that the developed measures constitute a good, synthetic source of information.
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