Abstract

The current range and volume of research evaluation-related literature is extensive and incorporates scholarly and policy/practice-related perspectives. This reflects academic and practical interest over many decades and trails the changing funding and reputational modalities for universities, namely increased selectivity applied to institutional research funding streams and the perceived importance of university rankings and other reputational devices. To make sense of this highly diverse body of literature, we undertake a critical review of over 350 works constituting, in our view, the ‘state-of-the-art’ on institutional performance-based research evaluation arrangements (PREAs). We focus on PREAs because they are becoming the predominant means world-wide to allocate research funds and accrue reputation for universities. We highlight the themes addressed in the literature and offer critical commentary on the balance of scholarly and policy/practice-related orientations. We then reflect on five limitations to the state-of-the-art and propose a new agenda, and a change of perspective, to progress this area of research in future studies.

中文翻译：

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不断变化的研究评估研究：重新审查议程的批判性文献综述

摘要

当前与研究评估有关的文献范围广泛，涉及学术和政策/实践方面。这反映了数十年来的学术和实践兴趣，并追随大学不断变化的资金和声誉方式，即增加了对机构研究资金流的选择性，以及大学排名和其他声誉手段的重要性。为了理解这一高度多样化的文献体系，我们对超过350部作品进行了严格的审查，我们认为这些作品构成了基于机构绩效的研究评估安排（PREA）的“最新技术”。我们专注于PREA，因为它们已成为世界范围内分配研究经费并为大学赢得声誉的主要手段。我们重点介绍了文献中涉及的主题，并就学术与政策/实践相关方向之间的平衡提供了批判性评论。然后，我们对最新技术的五个局限性进行了反思，并提出了新的议程和观点的转变，以在未来的研究中推进这一研究领域。