Data for: Divergent Institutional Logics of Quantification in Research Evaluation

This dataset contains the institutional texts, coded data, and analysis code
used in the study:

“Divergent Institutional Logics of Quantification in Research Evaluation:
Evidence from RPT Policies in Chinese and U.S. Research Universities”.

The dataset consists of four components:

(1) Original RPT policy documents from 100 research-intensive universities,
including 50 institutions in China and 50 institutions in the United States.
These documents include formal review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) policies,
faculty appointment rules, and performance evaluation guidelines collected
from official university websites.

(2) A consolidated coded dataset (Excel/CSV) summarizing institutional design
features for all 100 universities. The table includes the following variables:

ID, Country, University, Authority Structure, Degree of Delegation,
Outcome-based Threshold, Process-based Threshold, Performance Conversion,
Peer Benchmarking.

Each row represents one university. Binary indicators (“Yes/No”) and ordinal
scales are used to capture how quantification is institutionally embedded
within RPT regimes across the two national contexts.

(3) A Python script for statistical analysis and figure generation:
    “analysis_and_visualization_RPT_quantification.py”.

This script reproduces the descriptive statistics, group comparisons, and
figures reported in the article.

All coding was conducted from the original policy texts. The dataset and
accompanying analysis code are intended to support transparency,
replicability, and comparative research on research evaluation,
quantification, and higher education governance.