1. Experts still needed.
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PERFORMANCE standards , *BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations , *MEASUREMENT ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
The article discusses why experts are still needed in various research fields and why metric-based research assessment can be suspicious. The focus of the article is the Great Britain Research Excellence Framework (REF) which will replace the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Topics include how the proposed REF will operate, such as its reliance on metrics to assess research quality, and why publication citations are a poor measure of research quality.
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- 2009
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