Evaluation Area (Field of Study)

The evaluation area is one of the 28 research areas in which it was possible to apply for the Periodic Evaluation. For each research area, an international subpanel of evaluators (called a Research Area Subpanel) was selected by the Periodic Evaluation Board to evaluate the applications in that scientific area. At the same time, the members of the panels for each of the groups of research areas (called Research Area Panels) were also selected by the Periodic Evaluation Board. These panels oversaw the work of the research area subpanels, the evaluation process itself, and the consistent application of qualitative criteria in the evaluation of applications submitted for each research area.

Example: The panel for the Natural Sciences oversaw the work of the subpanels evaluating outputs in the fields of physical, chemical, mathematical, biological, environmental, ecological, and earth sciences.

The activities of the panels and subpanels took place between September and December 2022.