Staff Research Productivity
Assessments
Dear colleagues!
Since 2023, HSE University has introduced updated Regulations for Staff Research Productivity Assessments (RPA) at National Research University Higher School of Economics.
According to the updated rules, employees must enter information about publications into the database of the HSE University corporate website by February 25, 2025.
Information about current RPA points is always available in your personal account. These points are used within the framework of the Competition for the Faculty Positions.
All verified publications for the past two calendar years and part of the current one are taken into account,
i.e. from January 1, 2025, the period 2023-2025 is taken into account.
The The monitoring campaign will end on March 25, 2025.
The calculation includes works for the last three calendar years, i.e. verified publications for 2022-2024.
The current status can be found via the link (from the HSE network or via VPN).
The form for submitting an application for exemption from the RPA is provided here.
You can submit your application until March 15. Please note that faculty on a non-academic track faculty and Tenured/Distinguished Professors are automatically exempted if they do not have enough points.
Which employees undergo Staff Research Productivity Assessments?
How many points do you need to get?
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7 points
Research Assistant. Assistant.
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12 points
Lecturer. Senior Lecturer.
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14 points
Senior Research Fellow. Researcher. Junior Research Fellow. Heads and Deputy Heads of research subdivisions. Associate Professor. Assistant Professor.
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18 points
Chief / Leading Research Fellow. Professor. Research Professor.
Which categories of staff are eligible for exemption from RPA?
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- holders of the honorary title (status) of HSE University’s Tenured (Honorary) Professor or HSE University Distinguished Professor;
- staff who have been on sick leave for a long period (over 6 (six) months) over the course of the past 3 (three) years.
- pregnant women; women on a maternity leave, as well as those who returned from a maternity leave less than 5 (five) years ago; staff on leave to care for a child under 3 (three) years of age, as well as those who have returned from a childcare leave less than 2 (two) years ago;
- research assistants and assistants, if they are degree students (at the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree level), or if they have graduated from a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme in the year of or the year prior to the given RPA;
- internationally recruited staff hired to tenure-track positions, during the first 3 (three) years of their employment;
- teaching staff working at HSE University as part of an adjunct or teaching track.