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TY - JOUR
T1 - Democratising research evaluation
T2 - achieving greater public engagement with bibliometrics-informed peer review
AU - Derrick, Gemma E.
AU - Pavone, Vincenzo
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - The ability of metrics to represent complex information about research in an accessible format has previously been overlooked in preference to debate about their shortcomings as research evaluation tools. Here, we argue that bibliometrics have the potential to widen scientific participation by allowing non-academic stakeholders to access scientific decision making, thereby increasing the democratisation of science. Government policies from 3 countries (UK, Australia and Spain) are reviewed. Each country outlines a commitment to the democratisation of science for one set of policies whilst ignoring this commitment when developing parallel research evaluation policies. We propose a change in dialogue from whether bibliometrics should be used to how they should be used in future evaluations. Future research policies should take advantage of bibliometrics to foster greater democratisation of research to create more socially-reflexive evaluation systems.
AB - The ability of metrics to represent complex information about research in an accessible format has previously been overlooked in preference to debate about their shortcomings as research evaluation tools. Here, we argue that bibliometrics have the potential to widen scientific participation by allowing non-academic stakeholders to access scientific decision making, thereby increasing the democratisation of science. Government policies from 3 countries (UK, Australia and Spain) are reviewed. Each country outlines a commitment to the democratisation of science for one set of policies whilst ignoring this commitment when developing parallel research evaluation policies. We propose a change in dialogue from whether bibliometrics should be used to how they should be used in future evaluations. Future research policies should take advantage of bibliometrics to foster greater democratisation of research to create more socially-reflexive evaluation systems.
KW - democratisation of science
KW - research evaluation
KW - science and innovation policy
KW - public engagement
KW - SOCIAL-SCIENCES
KW - RESEARCH QUALITY
KW - METRICS
KW - DELIBERATION
KW - NETHERLANDS
KW - RELIABILITY
KW - ASSESSMENTS
KW - HUMANITIES
KW - EFFICIENCY
KW - JOURNALS
U2 - 10.1093/scipol/sct007
DO - 10.1093/scipol/sct007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 563
EP - 575
JO - Science and Public Policy
JF - Science and Public Policy
SN - 0302-3427
IS - 5
ER -