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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Goldfinch, Shaun,
• Yamamoto, Kiyoshi

Titel

Prometheus assessed? : research measurement, peer review, and citation analysis

Auflage

1st edition

Ort / Verlag

Oxford : Chandos,

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-354) and index.
• Prometheus assessed? -- Publication, citation and bibliometric assessment of research -- Peer review, refereeing and their discontents: a failed model or simply the least worst option? -- From the Research Assessment Exercise to the Research Excellence Framework: changing assessment models in the United Kingdom? -- Perils of peer review in a small country? The Performance Based Research Fund in New Zealand -- Research evaluation in Japan: the case of the National University Corporations -- Conclusion: Prometheus assessed and lessons for research assessment.
• This book examines the problems, pitfalls and opportunities of different models of assessing research quality, drawing on studies from around the world. Aimed at academics, education officials and public servants, key features include an overview of the argument of whether research should be assessed and how research quality should be determined. Prometheus Assessed? offers a survey of research assessment models in the US, UK, Japan and New Zealand and includes an examination of citation analysis and comparison between the different models.Should research be assessed and what i
• English
• Description based on print version record.