The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) on collaborative efforts to support the university evaluation system and raise research output and evaluation standards in Taiwan.
The HEEACT, through joint endowment from the Ministry of Education and all universities, is the main institution authorised to conduct university evaluation in Taiwan. Its primary mission is to establish a fully integrated university evaluation system.
Under the MOU, Scientific will provide its bibliometric expertise as well as databases and professional support to help the HEEACT develop appropriate and consistent methodologies for measuring research output of universities and research institutions in Taiwan that are keeping with evaluation standards used by the international research community. The HEEACT will promote public awareness and exchanges with both local and international academia and research communities on critical issues and feedback to continue to raise the higher education and research output standards in Taiwan.
