All Metrics and assessment articles – Page 5

Opinion
A bad business

2014-12-19T00:00:00Z

Targets and assessments can boost productivity at universities – but only if they do not stifle creativity and alienate the academic workforce, says Mark Peplow
News
‘Great outcome’ for chemistry in REF 2014

2014-12-19T00:00:00Z

Results show overall improvement in research quality
News
Can research quality be predicted by metrics?

2014-12-15T00:00:00Z

Prognostications unveiled for how UK universities will fare in latest assessment exercise
Opinion
In defence of metrics

2014-08-20T00:00:00Z

Are metrics a necessary evil, or can they be a force for good? Anthony Olejniczak sticks up for stats
News
Third of Portuguese chemistry labs at risk of closure

2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

Poor ratings in research assessments leave departments facing a funding crisis
News
Metrics' role in assessing research reviewed

2014-04-09T00:00:00Z

UK higher education body launches investigation into the pros and cons of metrics in managing research
News
Funding sharing model would see grant proposals ditched

2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

US researchers claim their system to distribute research money would be cheaper, quicker and fund riskier science
News
UK overtakes US on research quality metric

2013-12-13T00:00:00Z

Report shows UK continues to punch above its weight in science but funding remains a worry
Opinion
The judgement of your peers

2013-10-24T00:00:00Z

A bit of hindsight goes a long way in measuring scientific quality, says Mark Peplow
News
Science ‘ecosystem’ needs diversity to flourish

2013-06-28T00:00:00Z

Study concludes that more, smaller grants have a greater impact than fewer, bigger ones
Opinion
Chemical bibliometrics

2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

Andreas Barth suggests that regarding research from a molecular viewpoint reveals the big picture
Feature
Measuring up

2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In 2013, the Research Excellence Framework replaces the Research Assessment Exercise in rating every chemistry department in the UK. Leila Sattary weighs up the evidence
News
New European universities ranking initiative

2012-12-21T00:00:00Z

U-Multirank is intended to be more fair by taking into account a greater number of performance factors
Opinion
h is for horoscope?

2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Can scientists’ success be reduced to a formula, asks Philip Ball
News
Scientists: workaholics but happy

2012-09-06T00:00:00Z

A study of the patterns of journal paper downloads shows scientists work through the night and at weekends

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