Since the National Research and Development Innovation Act. was enacted, evaluation and management of research outputs become more important. The research output is defined as all types of information resources produced from the scientific research activities in each research phase, such as learning, proposing, performing, and publishing. Among them, research outputs mainly from the publishing phase have been systematically managed, including articles, books, technical reports, patents, and software. KINAC, like other Korean R&D institutions, has also achieved growth in research outputs, through continuously increased investment in R&D projects. However, R&D productivity, technology transfer, and commercialization remain low level. The importance of R&D performance diffusion has been emphasized. It’s because the creation of economic value through the utilization of research results has been emerging as a key issue in R&D policy. Therefore, various policies are being nationally pursued to promote the utilization of research achievements, but the results are not being effectively utilized and disseminated. In the field of nuclear nonproliferation and security, it is also difficult to diffuse the R&D performance. In this study, the research outputs of KINAC from 2010 to 2021 were analyzed. A number of research outputs have been made and managed, but the R&D performances have not been analyzed and identified yet. In addition, supportive methods were suggested for efficient performance management toward diffusion. For this purpose, some policies of Korea and other countries concerning performance diffusion -related policies were reviewed. The best practices of performance management and applications were also reviewed and compared to the KINAC cases. As a result, the number of research output has dramatically increased during the last 10 years, showing an average annual total output of 84 and year-on-year increase of 18%. The biggest change was in the conference papers and journals, whereas, there were no trends by year in the case of the technical reports and patents. Of course, it was proportional to the size of the organization, the number of research projects, and its budget. Because many studies highlight the importance of institutional resources, capabilities, and processes for performance management as factors affecting efficient diffusion, the current status of our process was also identified. This study is expected to be applied to the improvement of the performance management of the institute, leading to the enhancement of the R&D performance application.

미래 산업으로의 급속한 변화와 발전에 따라 국가 간 기술경쟁이 치열해지고 산업간의 융ㆍ복합 트렌드로 인해 과학기술의 사회경제적 중요성 및 영향력이 극대화 되는 현 시점에서 국가연구개발사업 예산의 40%에 가까운 예산이 투입되고 있는 출연(연)의 기능과 역할 정립이 가장 중요한 이슈로 부상되고 있다. 이에 본 논문은 출연(연)의 연구성과에 영향을 미치는 요인을 살펴보기 위해 성과에 미치는 각 변수들을 가정하여 이를 대표하는 독립변수로 연구비, 연구인력, 연구지원인력으로 상정하였고 종속변수인 연구성과는 기술료, 논문, 특허 등으로 상정하여 독립변수가 종속변수에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 시계열 분석과 횡단면 분석을 통해 회귀 분석 값을 도출하였다. 그 결과, 연구인력, 연구지원인력, 연구비 순으로 유의도와 상관계수의 값이 큰 것으로 나타났고 이는 향후 출연(연)의 육성과 지원책을 논하는데 있어 중요한 시사점을 제공할 수 있으리라 기대된다.

한국과학재단 연구 인력 DB를 활용하여 지구과학을 포함한 국내 이공계 연구자의 연구 실적을 분석하였다. DB에 수록된 지질과학분야 연구자수는 312명(점유율 1.5%)이고, 최근 5년간(1999년부터 2003년까지) 게재실적은 SCI 학술지가 1,026편(점유율 0.2%)이었고, 일반학술지가 3,265편(점유율 0.5%)이었다. 최근 5년간 1인당 SCI 학술지 게재실적은 지질과학 분야가 3.3편, 수학은 4.0편, 물리학은 57.6편, 화학은 60.4편, 생물학은 33.4편으로 조사되었다. 지질과학분야 중 세부 분야별 연구자의 1인당 SCI 논문 게재실적은 환경지질학 9.6편, 층서퇴적학 4.6편, 지구화학 4.2편, 지하 수학 3.6편, 지질해양 3.5편, 자원공학 3.2편 순이었다. 본 조사분석 연구 결과는 지구과학과 타 이공계 분야간의 연구실적의 양과 질적인 측면에서의 상대 비교를 위한 근거로 활용될 수 있다.