Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021

Performance-based research funding systems (PBRFSs) have been used in selectively distributing research funding, increasing public money accountability and efciency. Two recent such evaluations in England were called the Research Excellence Framework (REF), which took place in 2014 and 2021, and the...

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Autor: Pinar, Mehmet
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04802-6
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Palavra-chave:Performance-based research funding systems
Research excellence framework
Metrics
Convergence
Divergenc
Inequality
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spelling Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021Pinar, MehmetPerformance-based research funding systemsResearch excellence frameworkMetricsConvergenceDivergencInequalityPerformance-based research funding systems (PBRFSs) have been used in selectively distributing research funding, increasing public money accountability and efciency. Two recent such evaluations in England were called the Research Excellence Framework (REF), which took place in 2014 and 2021, and the research environment, outputs and impact of the research were evaluated. Even though various aspects of the REF were examined, there has been limited research on how the performance of the universities and disciplines changed between the two evaluation periods. This paper assesses whether there has been convergence or divergence in research quality across universities and subject areas between 2014 and 2021 and found that there was an absolute convergence between universities in all three research elements evaluated, and universities that performed relatively worse in REF in 2014 experienced higher growth in their performance between 2014 and 2021. There was also an absolute convergence in the research environment and impact across diferent subject areas, but there is no signifcant convergence in the quality of research outputs across disciplines. Our fndings also highlight that there has been an absolute convergence in research quality within the universities (between diferent disciplines in a given university) and within disciplines (between universities in a given subject).SpringerAnálisis Económico y Economía Política2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/152750https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04802-6reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésScientometrics, 128 (10), 5731-5766.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04802-6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1527502026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
title Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
spellingShingle Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
Pinar, Mehmet
Performance-based research funding systems
Research excellence framework
Metrics
Convergence
Divergenc
Inequality
title_short Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
title_full Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
title_fullStr Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
title_full_unstemmed Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
title_sort Do research performances of universities and disciplines in England converge or diverge? An assessment of the progress between research excellence frameworks in 2014 and 2021
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pinar, Mehmet
author Pinar, Mehmet
author_facet Pinar, Mehmet
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Análisis Económico y Economía Política
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Performance-based research funding systems
Research excellence framework
Metrics
Convergence
Divergenc
Inequality
topic Performance-based research funding systems
Research excellence framework
Metrics
Convergence
Divergenc
Inequality
description Performance-based research funding systems (PBRFSs) have been used in selectively distributing research funding, increasing public money accountability and efciency. Two recent such evaluations in England were called the Research Excellence Framework (REF), which took place in 2014 and 2021, and the research environment, outputs and impact of the research were evaluated. Even though various aspects of the REF were examined, there has been limited research on how the performance of the universities and disciplines changed between the two evaluation periods. This paper assesses whether there has been convergence or divergence in research quality across universities and subject areas between 2014 and 2021 and found that there was an absolute convergence between universities in all three research elements evaluated, and universities that performed relatively worse in REF in 2014 experienced higher growth in their performance between 2014 and 2021. There was also an absolute convergence in the research environment and impact across diferent subject areas, but there is no signifcant convergence in the quality of research outputs across disciplines. Our fndings also highlight that there has been an absolute convergence in research quality within the universities (between diferent disciplines in a given university) and within disciplines (between universities in a given subject).
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