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WHY METRICS CANNOT MEASURE RESEARCH QUALITY |
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Roars segnala una risposta alla consultazione pubblica sull’uso degli indicatori quantitativi per la valutazione della ricerca lanciata dall’agenzia inglese HEFCE:
Why Metrics Cannot Measure Research Quality: A Response to the HEFCE Consultation
Whilst metrics may capture some partial dimensions of research ‘impact’, they cannot be used as any kind of proxy for measuring research ‘quality’. Not only is there no logical connection between citation counts and the quality of academic research, but the adoption of such a system could systematically discriminate against less established scholars and against work by women and ethnic minorities. Moreover, as we know, citation counts are highly vulnerable to gaming and manipulation. The overall effects of using citations as a substantive proxy for either ‘impact’ or ‘quality’ could be extremely deleterious to the standing and quality of UK academic research as a whole.
(Fonte: M. Sabaratnam e P. Kirby, Roars 02-07-2014)
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