1. The Members

EERQI brings all major stakeholders together to pursue a common goal. Researchers, publishers, technologists, documetation centers etc.

2. The Content Base

In contrast to traditional quality measurement instruments, EERQI will draw upon a content base which

• contains all European research publications in electronic format in the field,
• includes
• commercially available items (publishers contributions), and
• freely available (open access) materials,
• includes books, book chapters and journal articles.

3. The Methodology

EERQI will

• not only look at one type of measurement (i.e. citation frequency, journal impact factor, usage statistics etc.), but
• consider the combination of measurements and indicators which can yield a more objective assessment of relevance,
• consider the contest of the evaluation procedure,
• take the multilingual nature of European scientific research and publication into account.

4. The Approach

EERQI's approach is marked by flexibility, transparency and innovation - and European: Multilingual, multilateral, multicultural and multidimensional. These four aspects distinguish the EERQI indicators and the EERQI prototype framework from other research assessement and citation analysis tools.