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- Title
The Research Excellence Framework 2014, journal ratings and the marginalisation of heterodox economics.
- Authors
Stockhammer, Engelbert; Dammerer, Quirin; Kapur, Sukriti
- Abstract
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the main research assessment for universities in the UK. It informs university league tables and the allocation of government research funding. This paper analyses the evaluations of the REF 2014 for Economics, Business, Politics and History. First, we analyse from which journals articles have been submitted; second, to what extent journal ratings and journal impact factors predict the REF's evaluations; third, how many articles from heterodox economics journals have been submitted. We find that a small group of journals dominate the outputs submitted. Journal ratings and impact factors explain 80% of the variation in the output evaluations for Economics. These values are lower but still substantial for other disciplines. Few papers from heterodox economics journals were submitted to Economics. Overall, the REF in its present form marginalises heterodox economics, pushes it out of the discipline and endangers pluralism in economics research.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; HETERODOX economics; ECONOMIC research; GOVERNMENT aid to research; PERIODICAL articles
- Publication
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2021, Vol 45, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0309-166X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cje/beaa054