Research Evaluation Down Under
An Outsider's View from the Inside of the Australian Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2823751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harriet Bloch (0000-0002-4288-6925, Curtin University, corresponding author), Harry Bloch |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1530-1552 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00755.x |
| OpenAlex | W1502059016 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
Australia is currently undertaking its first national evaluation of university research, which is being performed by the Australian Research Council (ARC) at the request of the Australian government. The Australian approach to evaluation has some unique characteristics, especially a focus on evaluating research quantity and quality by the field of the research activity rather than by individual academic or administrative unit. This raises issues of the classification of areas of research, which has already caused controversy for Australian heterodox economists. There is also controversy about the quality rankings of economics journals. This article provides a critical review of the Australian approach to research evaluation and discusses the implications for heterodox economists
Epistemology · Government (linguistics) · Mathematics education · Political science · Quality (philosophy) · Research council · Social science · Sociology · Unit (ring theory) · Psychology · Public Administration · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |