Michael Day, Institutional repositories and research assessment.
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/docs/studies/rae/rae-study.pdf
ABSTRACT: This study concerns the potential role of institutional
repositories in supporting research assessment in universities
with specific reference to the Research Assessment Exercises in
the UK. After a brief look at research evaluation methods, it
introduces the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), focusing
on its role in determining the distribution of research funding,
the assessment process itself, and some concerns that have been
raised by participants and observers. The study will then introduce
institutional repositories and consider the ways in which they might
be used to enhance the research assessment process in the UK. It will
first consider the role of repositories in providing institutional
support for the submission and review process. Secondly, the paper
will consider the ways in which citation linking between papers in
repositories might be used as the basis for generating quantitative
data on research impact that could be used for assessment. Thirdly,
this study will consider other ways in which repositories might
be able to provide quantitative data, e.g. usage statistics or
Webometric link data, which may be able to be used - together with
other indicators - to support the evaluation of research.
Prior AmSci Threads on the Topic:
"UK 'RAE' Evaluations" (2000)
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1016.html
"UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) review" (2002)
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2323.html
"Written evidence for UK Select Committee's Inquiry into Scientific
Publications" (2003)
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3263.html
