The judge, the model of the judge, and the model of the judged as judge: Analyses of the UK 1992 research assessment exercise data for business and management studies

The role of academic journal publications in the UK Research Assessment Exercise

“…Weighting, although used in some instances, was never officially sanctioned for use in the RAE. 23 This table suggests that a paper in a top US 14 journal should be weighted as least as highly as a paper in a top British journal, the argument being that top US journals are more widely read and cited than top British journals and may be harder to get into, and so on through differing types of publications. It is open to debate, however, whether publication in a top US (or other overseas) journal should rank more highly for RAE purposes, as an indication of international excellence and Doyle et al do state that the factors shown in Table 3 'are not necessarily synonymous with quality'.…”

“…It is open to debate, however, whether publication in a top US (or other overseas) journal should rank more highly for RAE purposes, as an indication of international excellence and Doyle et al do state that the factors shown in Table 3 'are not necessarily synonymous with quality'. 25 Another method of quality assessment is the use of citation counts. In 1991 the Science and Engineering Policy Studies Unit (SEPSU) surveyed academics' views on the quantitative assessment of departmental research and concluded that there was virtually no support for the use of citations in periodic assessment, as academics feel that at departmental level, citation analysis adds nothing to peerreview.…”

The Impact of Research Assessment Exercises on UK Accounting and Finance Faculty

“…This may, of course, merely reflect the fact that generally the old universities fare much better in the RAE exercises than the new universities. Doyle et al (1996), for example, note that in the 1992 RAE new universities were rated more than half a grade lower than old universities. They also noted that departments with a staff member on the RAE panel fared significantly better as a result of this.…”

The Assessment of Research Quality in UK Universities: Peer Review or Metrics?

“…A further factor which may influence the quality of research is having a critical mass of active researchers (Cherchye and Abeele, 2005;Doyle et al, 1995;Johnes, Taylor and Francis, 1993;Taylor, 1994Taylor, , 1995. Larger departments may offer advantages in the form of access to more expertise from colleagues working in close proximity to each other, especially if this also engenders greater competition between fellow researchers.…”