{"title":"Losing control: REF 2029 and the downgrading of academic outputs","authors":"Matthew Gandy","doi":"10.1111/tran.12713","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In June 2023 UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) announced that the contribution of research outputs to the next REF (Research Excellence Framework) exercise will be radically reduced. In addition, the link between individuals and research publications is to be replaced by a more generic emphasis on ‘research culture’. In this commentary I argue that this change in policy poses a significant threat to the legitimacy of the entire process and will endanger the kind of individual scholarship that is typical within much of the social sciences and the humanities.","PeriodicalId":48278,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12713","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In June 2023 UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) announced that the contribution of research outputs to the next REF (Research Excellence Framework) exercise will be radically reduced. In addition, the link between individuals and research publications is to be replaced by a more generic emphasis on ‘research culture’. In this commentary I argue that this change in policy poses a significant threat to the legitimacy of the entire process and will endanger the kind of individual scholarship that is typical within much of the social sciences and the humanities.
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Transactions is one of the foremost international journals of geographical research. It publishes the very best scholarship from around the world and across the whole spectrum of research in the discipline. In particular, the distinctive role of the journal is to: • Publish "landmark· articles that make a major theoretical, conceptual or empirical contribution to the advancement of geography as an academic discipline. • Stimulate and shape research agendas in human and physical geography. • Publish articles, "Boundary crossing" essays and commentaries that are international and interdisciplinary in their scope and content.