Norris M. Oppenheim C. Citation counts and the Research Assessment Exercise V - Archaeology and the 2001 RAE - Journal of Documentation 59(6):709-730 2003.

[Eugene Garfield]

Charles Oppenheim :  C.Oppenheim at lboro.ac.uk

The full-text version of this paper is available at : http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/oppenheim.pdf


TITLE          Citation counts and the Research Assessment Exercise V -
                   Archaeology and the 2001 RAE
AUTHOR     Norris M, Oppenheim C
JOURNAL    JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION   59 (6): 709-730 2003


 Document
 type: Article     Language: English     Cited References: 35

Abstract:
A citation study of the 692 staff that makes up unit of assessment 58 (archaeology), in the 2001 UK
Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) was undertaken. Unlike earlier studies, which were obliged to
make assumptions on who and what had been submitted for assessment, these were, for the first time available
from the RAE Web site. This study, therefore, used the specific submission Mails of authors and their
publications. Using the Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient, all results showed high statistically
significant correlation between the RAE result and citation counts. The results were significant at 0.01 per
cent. The findings confirm earlier studies. Given the comparative cost and ease of citation analysis, it is
recommended that, correctly applied, it should be the initial tool of assessment for the RAE. Panel
members would then exercise their judgement and skid to confirm final rankings.

Author Keywords:
archaeology, research, libraries, United Kingdom

KeyWords Plus:
LIBRARY, SCIENCE, AUTHORS, RATINGS

Addresses:
Norris M, Univ Loughborough, Dept Informat Sci, Loughborough, Leics, England
Univ Loughborough, Dept Informat Sci, Loughborough, Leics, England

Publisher:
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, 60/62 TOLLER LANE, BRADFORD BD8 9BY, W
YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND

IDS Number:
749JM

ISSN:
0022-0418

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