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1. Go-To Think Tank Criteria Survey

Please help us assess the utility of the Global Go To Think Tank nomination and rankings criteria that are currently used to evaluate the performance of public policy research organizations (think tanks) for the annual ranking of think tanks (aka Think Tank Index).

Please indicate whether each one of the criterion provided below is an Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor indicator of a high performance think tank.

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* 1. Direct relationship between the organization’s efforts in a particular
area to a positive change in societal values such as significant changes
in quality of life within the respective country (amounts of goods and
services available to citizens, state of physical and mental health,
quality of environment, quality of political rights, access to
institutions)

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* 2. Publication of the organization’s work in peer reviewed journals, books and other authoritative publications
       

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* 3. Ability to retain elite scholars & analysts

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* 4. Access to elites in the area of policymaking, media, and academia

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* 5. Academic reputation (formal accreditation, citation of think tank;
publications by scholars in major academic books, journals, conferences,
and in other professional publications)

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* 6. Media reputation (number of media appearances, interviews, and
citations)

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* 7. Reputation with policymakers (name recognition with particular issues,
number of briefings and official appointments, policy briefs, legislative
testimony delivered)

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* 8. Level of the organization’s financial resources (endowment, membership fees, 
annual donations, government and private contracts, earned income)       

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* 9. Ability of the organization to meet the demands of those that fund it or
to meet the goals of its respective grant-making institution

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* 10. Overall output of the organization (policy proposals, publications,
interviews, conferences, staff nominated to official posts)

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* 11. Number of recommendations to policymakers, staff serving advisory
roles to policymakers, awards given to scholars

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* 12. Usefulness of the organization’s information in advocacy work,
preparing legislation or testimony, preparing academic papers or
presentations, conducting research, or teaching

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* 13. The organization’s ability to produce new knowledge or alternative
ideas on policy

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* 14. Ability to bridge the gap between the academic and policy making communities

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* 15. Ability to bridge the gap between policymakers and the public

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* 16. Ability to include new voices in the policy-making process

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* 17. Ability of the organization to be inscribed within issue and policy networks

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* 18. Success in challenging the traditional wisdom of policymakers and in
generating innovative policy ideas and programs.

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