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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Head of Research Culture & Assessment @lborouniversity ; Chair @INORMS_REWG ; Vice-Chair @CoARAssessment ; Champion @ARMA_UK Res Eval SIG; She/her;

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Pretty proud of this, I have to say. “Harnessing the Metric Tide: indicators, infrastructures & priorities for UK responsible research assessment.” By ⁦ @Stephen_Curry ⁩ ⁦ @jameswilsdon ⁩ & myself with literature review by ⁦ @naubertbonn ⁩

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Harnessing the Metric Tide: indicators, infrastructures & priorities for UK responsible research...

This review was commissioned by the joint UK higher education (HE) funding bodies as part of the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP). It revisits the findings of the 2015 review The Metric...

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

6 years

Prize for cleverest Christmas card goes to my sister & her designer spouse. That is, her spouse is a designer. 🤣

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Just discovered The Chair on Netflix and am now mainly wondering which of my academic colleagues I can buy one of these for.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Can’t we all agree to go without Elsevier for one year and use the £50 million saved to create the mother of all open research publishing platforms?

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Deadline looms as UK universities reject Elsevier deal via @timeshighered @davidpriceucl @UCLopenscience @UCLLibraries Tough talking still required to forge a deal by the end of the year @TiberiusIgnat @ignasi @skreilly

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

If we care about responsible research assessment, we need to rethink how university rankings are constructed and used. My thoughts published in @nature today.

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University rankings need a rethink

Nature - World league tables for higher education are flawed, poorly used and entrench inequity.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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So today’s job is to convince 350 University leaders that university rankings might not* be what the HE sector needs. Wish me luck. #EUA2023AnnualConf *definitely isn’t.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Wow. Hate mail. I think I’ve finally made it.

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2 years

It's just struck me how much of being a woman involves hiding. From concealing tampons up your sleeve; having your menopause conversations in the corridor; to miscarrying silently at your desk. Just want to say that I see you. #InternationalWomensDay

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

I’ve just seen the term ‘REF28’ in a university document.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

I’d like to propose the Well-Being Event Paradox. Namely, if we had time to attend a Well-Being Event we wouldn’t need a Well-Being Event.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Wondering whether the investment in stress-balls for ResearchFish users might be better spent on improving ResearchFish so it’s less stressful? 🤔

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

The best at what?

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The best universities in the world, all around the world. THE 2021 @timeshighered World University Rankings are now live on #THEuniRanking #THEWAS

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3 years

This is a nice table by ⁦ @jonathancgrant ⁩ showing how good intentions in research evaluation can have unintended consequences. From

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Can’t repeat this often enough. Every country with OA policies driving APC-Gold-OA as the norm needs to think long and hard about the EDI implications. And no, charity is not the solution.

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Marcelo Aizen

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Most scientists from the Global South are not able to afford Open Access (OA). An OA article can equal 3 or 4 of our monthly salaries or the full yearly amount of one of our grants. This discriminatory situation creates a double-standard in science dissemination.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

How about we change our #REF definitions of excellence from “world-leading” to “world-changing”. And from “internationally excellent” to “world-benefitting”?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

Sunday afternoon fun. Take the square root of your total citation count and divide by 2 and you'll pretty much end up with your H-index. Thanks to Ian Rowlands for this little gem, further proving that the H-index is just a function of total cites & as such is totally redundant.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

Is the UK the only country in the world that uses exclusively its own people to judge the extent to which its own research is world-leading?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

I can’t stop thinking what it must be like to be that woman.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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@Stephen_Curry @phylogenomics CULL

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

It’s about time we had more journal citation metrics. Said no-one ever.

@ClarivateAG

Clarivate for Academia & Government

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Today we're pleased to introduce the Journal Citation Indicator: a new, field-normalized measurement of journal citation impact that can be easily interpreted and compared across disciplines. Coming soon with this year's JCR release - read about it here:

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

Hear hear. We need a university linking not a university ranking. We are much better visualised as a network than a rank. We have to prize connectivity over hierarchy. A joining of hands rather than a fight for supremacy.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

1 year

I’ve been creating a montage of all the #LeavingAcademia folk on Twitter for a talk. 1) My heart 💔 2) Notice anything?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

6 years

There is something painfully ironic about @timeshighered pointing the finger at the “never-ending rollercoaster of assessment” resulting from #REF and #TEF , when they are themselves responsible for the never-ending ferris wheel of the @THEworldunirank

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Phil Baty

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A car crash indeed: UK universities fear collision of #REF and subject #TEF . Institutions face ‘never-ending rollercoaster’ of assessment via @timeshighered

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

And there you have it: the first responsible research assessment agreement to explicitly speak against the use of university rankings in researcher assessment. Groundbreaking work from @euatweets @ScienceEurope @KarenStroobants 👏🙌

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

Am reviewing REF staff circumstances today. Just had my second sob in the ladies. It's not just the circumstances it's the paltry output reduction they are then entitled to. Such an insult. Tears of outrage mixed with tears of sorrow.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Seeing a flurry of tweets about successful promotions for research-active staff has got me musing again about promotion pathways for research-enabling staff. 1/n

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

I am so fricking proud of @UofGlasgow right now.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

Announcement for those not used to spending so much time at home: If someone puts toiletry items from a recent shop on the stairs, it is not because they’ve decided this is the best place to keep those toiletries, but because they need to be taken upstairs.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Currently breathing into a brown paper bag at the thought of delivering the REF whilst kids are off school. 😱😱

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

“At the end of nearly 20 years of rankings, there is little evidence that rankings make any meaningful impact on improving quality. And, there is no correlation between rising in the rankings and making a significant contribution to society or the public good.”

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Georgiana Mihut, PhD

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20 years on, what have we learned about global rankings? Ellen Hazelkorn and I bring together lessons from the recently published Research Handbook on University Rankings in this @uniworldnews article

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Fixed it for you, @ElsevierNews

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

I had a rant. Feel better now.

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Jim Dickinson

4 years

NEW on Wonkhe: For Elizabeth Gadd, the Covid-19 pandemic makes it clear that long standing issues with academic publications need to be addressed quickly and definitively. @lizziegadd

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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I’d love to see a future where research-enabling staff can pursue either a seniority track (going broader) or a specialism track (going deeper). Too often we lose our experts to general management, or they are stuck unrewarded halfway down the pay spine. 3/3

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

I see there's a massive improvement on the speaker gender balance at this year's International Rankings Expert Group conference.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Much-loved publisher takes on much-loved research reporting tool.

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Elsevier announces its intention to acquire Interfolio.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Just been invited to speak at an event that seeks to help attendees to understand the REF process. Tempted to respond that, alas, I don't understand the REF process.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

Argh - so many assumptions in this paper. A “top” researcher is a well-cited researcher. A “prestigious institution” is an institution highly ranked in bibliometrics-only rankings. “Career success” is being highly cited. C’mon people.

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Giacomo Livan

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1\Really excited to share our latest paper, out today in @NatureComms ! It's joint work with @WeihuaLi11 , @TomasoAste , Fabio Caccioli at @uclfincomp @uclcs . Let's see what we did #ScienceOfScience

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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So, this just happened. 😃

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

1 year

“Developing positive research cultures is not about short-term competitive advantage but about the long-term health of the sector”. My plea that #REF2028 doesn’t make research culture the next big competition in Higher Education. 👇🏻

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Jim Dickinson

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NEW on Wonkhe: With a new REF emphasis on research culture, Elizabeth Gadd asks how we can make this element as equitable as possible @lizziegadd

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Up bright & early for my first day seconded to @UofGlasgow job-sharing the role of Head of Research Operations with the fabulous @mgmcphillips whilst @allijjackson is on leave. Exciting times ahead working with the amazing R&I team to implement their innovative research strategy!

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

The fact that Universities are being *threatened* with a ranking tells us everything we need to know about rankings.

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Universities face ranking system if they fail to satisfy students | The Times

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Some personal reflections on REF results week from me on the @HEPI_news blog today. “Tales from REF Central”.

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Tales from REF Central: Reflections from REF results week - HEPI

This blog was written by Dr Elizabeth Gadd, Research Policy Manager at Loughborough University. I’ve spent my whole career in higher education, but this has been my first REF at the coalface. And so...

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

6 years

Seriously @SciVal ? Haven’t we all had this conversation? Publishing an article in a well-cited journal does not make the article high-quality. These misleading marketing tweets have to stop. Paging @CEDMartinez again...

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Rita Ho, SciVal's Solutions Specialist, tells us one of her tips for getting the most out of SciVal #TipTuesday

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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I've worked @UofGlasgow for precisely one day and by the end of it I found myself typing an email which used the phrase "a wee bit". #CulturalAppropriation

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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So, I decided that my last week @UofGlasgow should be my first week AT the University of Glasgow. A bit emotional TBH. It’s a special place. Looking forward to seeing some of my colleagues in 3D for the first time!

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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I’m hoping that one day the true identity of superheroes @UWankings and @BantshireUni will be revealed, and like Lois Lane, I’ll discover that I knew them all along.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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I just mis-typed ‘University Ranking’ as ‘University Ransacking’ and was tempted just to leave it.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

ResearchFish have been reported to their funder…

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Alex Peden @alexpeden.bsky.social

2 years

@LizzieGadd @UKRI_News @EPSRC @ESRC @BBSRC @AHRCPolicy @CRUKresearch @wellcometrust The @EPSRC lead for ResearchFish is raising this with RF now.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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If you don't support immediate green (or diamond) open access don't waste your time approaching me for a review.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Unhelpful?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

Three questions: 1) Why don’t Oxbridge engage with the NSS? 2) Why are they still included in league tables that use the NSS? 3) Would other HEIs be extended the same exemption?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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“There is a lack of clear information for women on what to do if they are sexually harassed or assaulted on public transport (although most authorities seem to have managed to install clear signage about what to do in the event of spotting a suspicious package).” @CCriadoPerez

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

I’m writing a reflective blog post on the REF and the temptation to call it REFlections is pretty strong. But I will resist.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Watching expectantly to see whether ResearchFish now send a threatening tweet to the Vice-Provost for Research of one of the UK’s largest research institutions.

@DavidPriceUCL

David Price

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Researchfish is one of the worst software tools in UK academia (quite an achievement). UKRI’s failure to work with the community to improve the system is very saddening. Things must improve … @UKRI_News @Adamtickles @MilesPadgett

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Just putting my slides together for the @ScienceEurope Open Science conference session next week on 'Alternatives to Journal Metrics Based Assessment'. Might be a short presentation.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Just when you think nothing more can shock you about the world university rankings you read the first-hand experiences of a University leader who took a principled stand against them. Spent the last 5 minutes writing “wow” in the margins of this book.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

1 year

"Accelerated publication" charges still make my eyes pop out of my head.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

Fascinating study: 50% of academics claim that a journal's readership is the most important thing to them when deciding where to publish; but most believe their peers make their decisions based on journal prestige. I'm not the problem, it's them others.

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Why we publish where we do: Faculty publishing values and their relationship to review, promotion...

Using an online survey of academics at 55 randomly selected institutions across the US and Canada, we explore priorities for publishing decisions and their perceived importance within review,...

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

My perspective, ‘Mis-measuring our universities: why global university rankings don’t add up’ has now been published in @FrontResMetrics ! Huge thanks to @KateRaworth for the inspiration😊.

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Frontiers | Mis-Measuring Our Universities: Why Global University Rankings Don’t Add Up

Draws parallels between the problematic use of GDP to evaluate economic success with the use of global university rankings to evaluate university success. In...

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

@jasonpriem shows the beta of a tool which could show Libraries what proportion of the journals they subscribe to, and use (download, cite, author in), might be open access. Yes please! #FORCE2019

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Reminder that university rankings don’t measure reputation, they measure brand awareness. Very different things too often conflated.

@ashish_a_malik

Dr Ashish Malik

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3 years

Its university rankings season. Sample this: non-oxbridge unis do well on many research and teaching scores but perform poorly on reputation metrics. Reputation scores come from a survey that is invitation-only which reinforces elitism. This is a self-perpetuating process.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

I think we should set ourselves a principle that whatever we ask folk to do for a REF exercise has to have some meaning outside of the REF.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

So, conference abstracts. Why not put them all anonymously on a website and let the attendees vote on which they want to hear?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

Great policy from @EdinburghUni Especially like: “No minimum performance objectives or targets will be set on the basis of a quantitative measure for which the individual cannot reasonably control the outcomes (e.g. grant income alone).”

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. @EdinburghUni has signed @DORAssessment . We look forward to implementation, along with input on and review of current and alternative research metrics.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Testing positive for COVID a few days before your 50th is an absolute 2021 mood.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

I'm sobbing quietly at my desk whilst reading our REF Staff circumstances declarations. The crap that some people have had to cope with & they still plough on trying to make the world a better place for the rest of us. I feel like giving them a medal. #NotCutOutForThis

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

It's great that REF has it's eye on improving research culture, but we can't let research culture become the next big competition in HE.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

This is deeply problematic. And given the sector is scrabbling to move away from bibliometrics in researcher evaluation, it feels odd that it should be published in the journal ‘Innovative Higher Education’.

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Chris Marsicano

@ChrisMarsicano

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In the essay, we make the case that tenure and promotion (T&P) decisions could benefit from the use of bibliometric platforms like Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. (Ungated, view only version here: ) 2/16

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Speechless. I get to work with the fabulous @KarenStroobants as Vice-Chairs of the Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment Steering Board. Thank you to everyone who voted. A huge honour.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

In so many policy reports now responsible metrics seems to have been reduced to a methodological note stating "yeah, we know bibliometrics are crap but we're using them anyway". When will the limitations of bibliometrics actually stop us using them for unsuitable things?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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A preprint of my perspective: “Mis-measuring universities: how global university rankings don’t add up” is now live at Feedback welcome. @dkernohan @seis_matters @MurielSR @Sarah_Slowe

Mis-measuring our universities: why global university rankings don't add up

Draws parallels between the problematic use of GDP to evaluate economic success with the use of global university rankings to evaluate university success. Inspired by Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Econom...

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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And when it comes to a global emergency, we’re still having to beg publishers for access to our own research so that we might save large swathes of the human race from an unnecessary death....I say profit and credit can no longer be policy drivers.

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The purpose of publications in a pandemic and beyond

For Elizabeth Gadd, the Covid-19 pandemic makes it clear that long standing issues with academic publications need to be addressed quickly and definitively.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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As someone whose work was significantly influenced by the original Metric Tide review, I’m thrilled to be involved in revisiting this important study and ensuring responsible research assessment practices are fully embedded across the sector.

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James Wilsdon

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The Metric Tide Revisited: hot on the heels of last week’s #REF2021 results, @ResEngland & other UK funders have asked @LizzieGadd @Stephen_Curry & me to take a fresh look at the possibilities & pitfalls of metrics in research assessment

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Shaking my head in wonder (again) at how anyone can think the so-called 2% researcher citation rankings are a good idea. Just look at the age, gender, and countries of the Top 20. Oh, and the placement of the ranking’s creator, in at No.11. Just no.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

😱 Please make it stop.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

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Job done. Preaching (largely) to the converted. So much support for change from university leaders. Extremely encouraging. #EUA2023AnnualConf

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

1 year

So today’s job is to convince 350 University leaders that university rankings might not* be what the HE sector needs. Wish me luck. #EUA2023AnnualConf *definitely isn’t.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Think that just about sums it up. #Census2021

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

1 year

Blimey. “The university issued a notice stating that articles published by Hindawi, MDPI and Frontiers will not be included in research performance statistics.” I mean, that’s just as bad as judging by impact factor right? Journal-level rather than content-focused evaluation.

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@olivier_pourret

1 year

MDPI, Frontiers & Hindawi are blacklisted by a university

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

We give away our data; we buy it back. When will we learn?

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Times Higher Education

2 years

Almost 30,000 scholars have cast their vote in @timeshighered 's global university academic reputation survey, the world’s largest invite-only survey that measures the prestige of universities in the eyes of the world’s top academics, writes @RosaEllis

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

5 years

2 Qs asked by ECRs at training today: 1) Should I stop doing important tricky research to do hot topic stuff that will get more citations? 2) Should I publish in a high impact factor journal or one that reaches my target industry? So sad that ECRs even feel they have to ask 😞

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

Dear colleagues, For clarity: if I emailed you whilst you were on leave and I got your out-of-office message, I do not expect an apology for a delayed response on your return. I expect a delayed response. Holiday in peace and return refreshed my friends.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

A rough guide to interpreting UKRI policy timelines: * Summer = before Christmas. * Late Autumn = after your central heating goes on & before it goes off * Winter = strong likelihood you'll be wearing a cardigan. * 2024 = c2025

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Misread these three tweets as a single thread. ⁦ @i_jayas ⁩ ⁦ @professor_dave ⁩

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

What if we moved to a world where REF funding was based only on permanent FTE?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

1) Surely the phrase “we will revisit policies & procedures” should come at the end of the 1st sentence, not the last? 2) I saw no evidence of abuse towards ResearchFish staff? 3) How does a zero-tolerance policy towards abuse of your *company* play out exactly?

@Researchfish

Researchfish

2 years

We apologize for our poor word choice & we take seriously your comments. Please know we support your success & advancing investments in your research. However we adopt a zero tolerance policy towards abuse aimed at our company and staff, we will revisit policies & procedures.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Such a good point from @UKRI_CEO : If we learn that a colleague has had a paper accepted, why do we ask "what journal?", not "what's it about?". This has to change. #UKRIO2021

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

I've now made the recording of my #UKSG2021 Breakout Session: "Journal metrics: what they can and can't tell us", available on my webpages at

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Cheerio @UofGlasgow It’s been an absolute blast.

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2 years

I’m not sure if my new glasses are too much?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

How many UK academics are doing research to evidence their own research impact for REF? And remind me again how this serves the world?

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Be very pleased to hear what funders actually do about these complaints. Is it part of grantees’ contracts that they keep silent about their ResearchFish grievances? @UKRI_News @EPSRC @ESRC @BBSRC @AHRCPolicy @CRUKresearch @wellcometrust

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Dr Juliane Borchert

2 years

@seis_matters Earliest one I found was from 1st of March, here are the three most recent ones.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

4 years

True fact: If you work on the REF @lborouniversity and your name is Elizabeth, you have to wear this uniform. Ask @LizStokoe

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

1 year

It’s not even 9am & I’ve already heard folk describing the new #REF2028 guidance as both “incremental” and “startling” which probably means they got it about right. Well done @firthcat @stevenhill @JessicaCorner & team.

@ref2029

REF 2029

1 year

We are excited to launch the REF 2028 twitter account, following the publication of the Initial Decisions on REF 2028 today #REF #REF2028 @Economy_NI @HEFCW @ResEngland @ScotFundCouncil

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

I think I might have spent most of our internal REF team celebration advocating for a radical rewrite of REF. Thankfully there was also cake.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

One by one our #REF2021 Unit Leads are signing off their submissions with such kind words in support of the REF team. I feel like I’m tearily waving them off at the train station.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

UK HEIs are now 10 months into the next REF period, all labouring under what we know to be a false assumption that the next REF will look like the last one, simply because we don’t have anything else to work with. It does make planning very difficult.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

Eleanor Roosevelt once said that behind every working woman there’s an enormous pile of unwashed laundry. In my case, literally.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

3 years

University rankings.

@torben_kassler

Torben Kaßler

@torben_kassler

3 years

Tesla

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Honestly, creating this chart has me in tears of rage (again). Do we honestly think that in the whole of African and Latin America there is NOT ONE SINGLE HIGH POTENTIAL INDIVIDUAL? FFS.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Countries in which high potential individuals can be found according to the UK government. All others need not apply.

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

2 years

Please could either Zenodo or Zotero change their name?

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