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Title: PRISMA Data and Analyses Regarding University-based Research-enabling Facilities and ROI

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Abstract
  • These data were collected in support of a research paper addressing two questions regarding research facilities: “What are current best practices in evaluation of the financial effectiveness of research-enabling facilities operated by institutions of higher education?” and “What are current best practices for quantitative assessment of research-enabling facilities in terms of nonfinancial academic outputs?” The data included here were based on a PRISMA-compliant systematic review, based on a Scopus search and other inputs, which identified 92 relevant reports in English. Financial Return On Investment values reported were consistently greater than 1 for higher education research-enabling facilities, meaning that they generated financial value greater than their cost of operations. Other analyses show consistently positive relationships between investment in research facilities and important academic outputs. The best practices identified could be employed by academic administrators to support science, technology, and innovation using large-scale analyses of academic institutions. These results should help inform decision-making by stakeholders and suggest future directions in policy research.
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  • Methodology, explained in detail in 6 pages of .pdf embedded in the spreadsheet: Bibliographic data were derived from a Scopus search and other bibliometric methods, described in detail in a .pdf included within the data set spreadsheet, and analysed in terms of sources, authorship, characteristics, and quantitative contents.
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  • The core data set are citations, typically in a basically Scopus dataset format, for 92 reports published between 1987 and 2025. Included are various views of the data set and tables summarizing some of the characteristics of the data set. Also included are a few sheets explaining calculations that do one of two things: convert Return On Investment (ROI) data from the form initially presented in a report to the units used in our analyses; or how Return on Investment figures were calculated from reports that included enough data to enable ROI calculation but within which an ROI figure was not calculated.
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  • This was a self funded project but an extension of earlier work funded by the NSF
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  • 2025-12-10
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  • 12/12/2025
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To Cite this Work:
Stewart, C., Snapp-Childs, W., Hancock, D., Smith, P., Towns, J. PRISMA Data and Analyses Regarding University-based Research-enabling Facilities and ROI [Data set]. Indiana University - DataCORE. https://doi.org/10.5967/ypy8-0y19

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