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  • The Impact of Journal Ranking Fetishism on Australian Policy-related Research: A Case Study

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    Author(s)
    Young, Suzanne
    Peetz, David
    Marais, Magalie
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Peetz, David R.
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    In Australia, the Excellence in Research (ERA) exercise, first conducted in 2008 and continuing relatively unchanged in 2012, determines the level of research funding made available to Australian universities (Cooper and Poletti 2011). However the use of rankings is argued to be problematic. Through a survey of academics in a field of policy-relevant research - employment and industrial relations - this paper analyses the impact on their discipline and working environments of the journal rankings ERA processes. Overall, we can conclude that the ERA journal ranking system is strongly and negatively affecting the field and ...
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    In Australia, the Excellence in Research (ERA) exercise, first conducted in 2008 and continuing relatively unchanged in 2012, determines the level of research funding made available to Australian universities (Cooper and Poletti 2011). However the use of rankings is argued to be problematic. Through a survey of academics in a field of policy-relevant research - employment and industrial relations - this paper analyses the impact on their discipline and working environments of the journal rankings ERA processes. Overall, we can conclude that the ERA journal ranking system is strongly and negatively affecting the field and could lead to the diminution of the number of Australian journals and researchers, and the amount of Australian research, in this field. Such consequences would likely be harmful for social progress in Australia.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Universities' Review
    Volume
    53
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    http://www.aur.org.au/current
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2011. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the publisher's website or contact the authors.
    Subject
    Education systems
    Specialist studies in education
    Industrial and employee relations
    Education policy
    Research, science and technology policy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/42398
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