Guideline
Report of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management
To look in detail at the potential uses and limitations of research metrics and indicators and to explore the use of metrics within institutions and across disciplines.
The Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management was set up in April 2014 to investigate the current and potential future roles that quantitative indicators can play in the assessment and management of research. Its report, ‘The Metric Tide’, was published in July 2015 and is available below. The review was chaired by James Wilsdon, professor of science and democracy at the University of Sussex, supported by an independent and multidisciplinary group of experts in scientometrics, research funding, research policy, publishing, university management and research administration. Through 15 months of consultation and evidence-gathering, the review looked in detail at the potential uses and limitations of research metrics and indicators, exploring the use of metrics within institutions and across disciplines.
Reference of the resource
James Wilsdon, Liz Allen, Eleonora Belfiore, Philip Campbell, Stephen Curry, Steven Hill, Richard Jones, Roger Kain, Simon Kerridge, Mike Thelwall, Jane Tinkler, Ian Viney, Paul Wouters, Jude Hill, Ben Johnson, The Metric Tide: Report of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management (2015) DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4929.1363.
