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Objective Fuwai Spider Track Map (FSTM) is a scientific performance appraisal system established by the scientific research department of Fuwai Hospital.This study aimed to apply FSTM to the ranking and evaluation of scientific and technological influence and competitiveness of tertiary hospitals in China,comparison also conducted with othertraditional systems.Methods Tertiary hospitals consecutively selected as the national top 100 tertiary hospitals for 4 years from 2014 to 2017,according to the scientific and technological influence ranking list published in the official website of the Institute of Medical Information of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,were included.Total score,number of hospital staff and beds of these hospitals,accessed from the official website,were taking into account as reference data.Re-evaluation and ranking using FSTM was performed to evaluate and rank the scientific and technological influence and competitiveness.Besides,comparison analysis with traditional methods was conducted to identify the differences and similarities,advantages and disadvantages.Results The total quantity index and the per capita index represent the total research productivity and effectiveness,in other words,scientific and technological influence and competitiveness,respectively.The FSTM may integrate both indexes and avoid the disadvantages of single dimension evaluation.Conclusions Unlike the static results of traditional system,as a 3-dimentional method,FSTM may not only perform comprehensive but also evaluation of type,stratification and classification.It makes the hospitals in same type more comparable and provides multiple references for decision makers bv offering guidance and reference for the evaluation objects.
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Objective The ‘Spider Track Map (Fuwai)’is an innovative tool for comprehensive evaluation of scientific research performance.It was developed jointly by the Science & Research de partment and Medical Research & Biometrics Center in Fuwai Hospital.This tool aims to evaluate the development of scientific performances in 3 consecutive years of targeted departments,which will be considered to assess the technological competitiveness of each department.Methods The key variables were the number of projects,funding,awards,publications and patents during the last three years.After standardization,the weighted sum of those variables was calculated.Then the ‘Spider Track Map (Fuwai) ’ could be generated and the evaluation conclusion would be obtained after stratification.Results The ‘Spider Track Map (Fuwai)’ method had been used to evaluate the scientific research performance in 2015.The excellent research departments had been successfully elected and rewarded.Conclusions Beside the excellent department election,the method can also identify different feature of performance including improved,retrogressive,high efficiency or no changes.This multidimensional tool provides the reference to administrators for scientific commendation and reward and also the guid ing and alerting for specific department.