Open AccessAssessing the quality of research: preparing for REF2021
Author(s) -
Gabriele Butkute
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the biochemist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1740-1194
pISSN - 0954-982X
DOI - 10.1042/bio03902048
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , quality (philosophy) , excellence , data science , computer science , global positioning system , data mining , political science , telecommunications , epistemology , philosophy , law
In an age where huge amounts of data is collected on everything we do – from our Google searches to our GPS coordinates – we like to be able to count, measure and assess things. This includes measuring the impact and quality of research in the UK, through an assessment method known as the Research Excellence Framework (REF).
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