Future UK RAEs to be Metrics-Based (fwd)

[Stevan Harnad]

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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:14:21 +0100 (BST)
From: Stevan Harnad 
To: AmSci Forum <american-scientist-open-access-forum AT amsci.org>
Subject: Re: Future UK RAEs to be Metrics-Based

Charles Oppenheim has authorised me to post this on his behalf:

    "Research I have done indicates that the same correlations between
    RAE scores and citation counts already noted in the sciences  and
    social sciences apply just as strongly (sometimes more strongly)
    in the humanities!  But you are right, Richard, that metrics are
    PERCEIVED to be inappropriate for the humanities and a lot of
    educating is needed on this topic."

    Professor Charles Oppenheim
    Head
    Department of Information Science
    Loughborough University