REF cycles ‘force academics to rush out poorer quality research’

In response: do REF cycles really encourage 'poorer quality research'?

There is no evidence that the REF process encourages academics to rush out more research of a lower quality, says Steven Hill

By Steven Hill

8 January

Let the REF games begin

Universities hoping to submit staff who have already left are going to have to work hard on maintaining goodwill, says Robert Dingwall

By Robert Dingwall

14 December

Eleanor Shakespeare illustration (7 December 2017)

The REF is wrong: books are not inferior to papers

Monographs typically constitute a scholar’s greatest achievement, but REF strategists discourage their production, says Bruce Macfarlane

By Bruce Macfarlane

7 December

Miles Cole illustration (30 November 2017)

The new REF rules could end game-playing – but only if we let them

The 2021 research excellence framework could be more representative and humane than ever, but the devil will be in the implementation, says James Wilsdon

By James Wilsdon

30 November

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REF cycles ‘force academics to rush out poorer quality research’

Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations

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REF cycles ‘force academics to rush out poorer quality research’

Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations

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In response: do REF cycles really encourage 'poorer quality research'?

Let the REF games begin

The REF is wrong: books are not inferior to papers

The new REF rules could end game-playing – but only if we let them

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Free University of Berlin

London School of Economics and Political Science

UCL

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