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来源类型 | Reports and working papers |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.13140/RG.2.1.4929.1363 |
The metric tide: report of the independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management. | |
Wilsdon, James; Allen, Liz; Belfiore, Eleonora; Campbell, Philip; Curry, Stephen; Hill, Steven; Jones, Richard; Hill, Jude; Kain, Roger; Johnson, Ben; Kerridge, Simon; Tinkler, Jane; Thelwall, Mike; Wouters, Paul; Viney, Ian | |
发表日期 | 2015-07-09 |
出版者 | HEFCE |
出版年 | 2015 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management. The review was chaired by Professor James Wilsdon, supported by an independent and multidisciplinary group of experts in scientometrics, research funding, research policy, publishing, university management and administration. This review has gone beyond earlier studies to take a deeper look at potential uses and limitations of research metrics and indicators. It has explored the use of metrics across different disciplines, and assessed their potential contribution to the development of research excellence and impact. It has analysed their role in processes of research assessment, including the next cycle of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). It has considered the changing ways in which universities are using quantitative indicators in their management systems, and the growing power of league tables and rankings. And it has considered the negative or unintended effects of metrics on various aspects of research culture. The report starts by tracing the history of metrics in research management and assessment, in the UK and internationally. It looks at the applicability of metrics within different research cultures, compares the peer review system with metric-based alternatives, and considers what balance might be struck between the two. It charts the development of research management systems within institutions, and examines the effects of the growing use of quantitative indicators on different aspects of research culture, including performance management, equality, diversity, interdisciplinarity, and the ‘gaming’ of assessment systems. The review looks at how different funders are using quantitative indicators, and considers their potential role in research and innovation policy. Finally, it examines the role that metrics played in REF2014, and outlines scenarios for their contribution to future exercises. |
特色分类 | Q Science (General) |
关键词 | science policy, research policy, bibliometrics |
URL | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/55372/ |
来源智库 | Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/468536 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wilsdon, James,Allen, Liz,Belfiore, Eleonora,et al. The metric tide: report of the independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management.. 2015. |
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