Have you Read This? An Empirical Comparison of the British REF Peer Review and the Italian VQR Bibliometric Algorithm

C-Tier
Journal: Economica
Year: 2021
Volume: 88
Issue: 352
Pages: 1107-1129

Authors (5)

Daniele Checchi (not in RePEc) Alberto Ciolfi (not in RePEc) Gianni De Fraja (not in RePEc) Irene Mazzotta (not in RePEc) Stefano Verzillo (European Commission)

Score contribution per author:

0.201 = (α=2.01 / 5 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper determines the assessment of publications submitted to the UK research evaluation carried out in 2014, the REF, which would have resulted if they had been assessed with the bibliometric algorithm used by the Italian evaluation agency, ANVUR, for its evaluation of the research of Italian universities. We find extremely high correlations between the two assessment approaches.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:econom:v:88:y:2021:i:352:p:1107-1129
Journal Field
General
Author Count
5
Added to Database
2026-01-25