The metric tide : independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management /
Metrics evoke a mixed reaction from the research community. A commitment to using data and evidence to inform decisions makes many of us sympathetic, even enthusiastic, about the prospect of granular, real-time analysis of our own activities. Yet we only have to look around us, at the blunt use of m...
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Los Angeles :
Sage Publications,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- chapter 1. Measuring up
- chapter 2. The rising tide
- chapter 3. Rough indications
- chapter 4. Disciplinary dilemmas
- chapter 5. Judgement and peer review
- chapter 6. Management by metrics
- chapter 7. Cultures of counting
- chapter 8. Sciences in transition
- chapter 9. Reflections on REF
- chapter 10. Responsible metrics.