Evaluating university research performance using metrics
Download (139.67 kB)
-
Altmetric Citations
Butler, Linda; McAllister, Ian
Description
Evaluations of research quality in universities are now widely used in the advanced economies. The UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), which began in 1986, is the most highly developed of these research evaluations. Based on peer review and involving some sixty-nine panels evaluating the research work of more than 50,000 academic staff, the exercise is expensive and time consuming. In this article, we examine the possibility that a quantitative, metrics-based approach can provide a...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Butler, Linda | |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | McAllister, Ian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T23:23:18Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1680-4333 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/66894 | |
dc.description.abstract | Evaluations of research quality in universities are now widely used in the advanced economies. The UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), which began in 1986, is the most highly developed of these research evaluations. Based on peer review and involving some sixty-nine panels evaluating the research work of more than 50,000 academic staff, the exercise is expensive and time consuming. In this article, we examine the possibility that a quantitative, metrics-based approach can provide a low-cost alternative to expensive, qualitative peer review. To do this, we build on our previous work on political science by extending a metrics-based model to chemistry, using the results of the 2001 RAE. Our results show that no single model will apply across science and non-science disciplines. Any metrics approach to performance evaluation has to use a discipline-specific suite of indicators. | |
dc.publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd | |
dc.source | European Political Science | |
dc.subject | Keywords: chemistry; citations; political science; RAE; research assessment exercise | |
dc.title | Evaluating university research performance using metrics | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 10 | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160511 - Research, Science and Technology Policy | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | f2965xPUB1363 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Butler, Linda, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | McAllister, Ian, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 44 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 58 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1057/eps.2010.13 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T08:13:07Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-79952025812 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000288363700007 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
Download
File | Description | Size | Format | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
01_Butler_Evaluating_university_research_2011.pdf | 139.67 kB | Adobe PDF |
Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Updated: 17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer: University Librarian/ Page Contact: Library Systems & Web Coordinator