Publications

2009

‘Metrics of Peer Review? Evaluating the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise in Political Science’
L. Butler and Ian McAllister, Political Studies Review, 7(1), 3-17 .
(available online at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121543202/abstract)

‘Gradgrinding the Social Sciences: The Politics of Metrics of Political Science’
C. Donovan, Political Studies Review 7(1), 73-83 .
(available online at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121543191/abstract)

‘Authors' Response to Reviews’
L. Butler and Ian McAllister, Political Studies Review, 7(1), 84-87 .
(available online at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121543205/abstract)

2008

‘Taming the Pushmi-pullyu: State of the Art in Evaluating Humanities Research Quality - A View from Down Under’ [‘Das zweiköpfige Lama zähmen: Die australische Suche nach den besten Evaluierungsmethoden für die Geisteswissenschaften’]
C. Donovan in Elisabeth Lack and Christoph Markschies, What the Hell is Quality? Qualitässtandards in den Geisteswissenschaften (Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2008) pp. 74-98.

‘The Australian Research Quality Framework: A Live Experiment in Capturing the Social, Economic, Environmental and Cultural Returns of Publicly Funded Research’
C. Donovan, New Directions for Evaluation, 118, 47-60; and
C. Donovan in C. L. S. Coryn and M. Scriven (eds.), Reforming the Evaluation of Research. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/The American Evaluation Association), pp. 47-60.

‘Using a balanced approach to bibliometrics: Quantitative performance measures in the Australian Research Quality Framework’
L. Butler, Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics.
(available online at www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/pp3)

‘ICT assessment: Moving beyond journal outputs’
L. Butler, Scientometrics, 74(1), 39-55.

2007

‘Testing Novel Quantitative Indicators of Research “Quality”, Esteem and “User Engagement”: An Economics Pilot Study’
C. Donovan and L. Butler, Research Evaluation, 16(4):231-242.

‘Introduction: Future Pathways for Research Assessment and Science Policy: Metrics vs Peer Review, Quality vs Impact’
C. Donovan, Science and Public Policy, 34(8):538-542.

‘Assessing University Research: A Plea for a Balanced Approach’
L. Butler, Science and Public Policy, 34(8):565-574.

‘The Qualitative Future of Research Evaluation’
C. Donovan, Science and Public Policy, 34(8):585-597.

‘NHMRC Grant Applications: A Comparison of “Track Record” Scores Allocated by Grant Asssessors with Bibliometric Anlaysis of Publications’
M. Nicol, K. Henadeera, and L. Butler, Medical Journal of Australia, 187(6):348-352.

‘Is there a Role for Novel Citation Measures for the Social Sciences and Humanities in a National Research Assessment Exercise?’
L. Butler and K. Henedeera, in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Madrid, Spain, June 25-27, Vol 1:170-178.

‘The Hidden Perils of Citation Counting for Australasian Political Science’
C. Donovan, Australian Journal of Political Science, 42(4):665-678.

Consuming Social Science
C. Donovan in M. Bevir and F. Trentmann (Eds.), Governance, Consumers and Citizens: Agency and Resistance in Contemporary Politics. (New York, NY; Houndmills, UK: Palgrave MacMillan), pp. 69-94.

2006

‘The Chequered Career of a Cryptic Concept’
C. Donovan, The Political Quarterly, 77, s1, 61-72; also avaiable in G. Dench (ed.) The Rise and Rise of Meritocracy, Oxford: Blackwell 2006, pp. 61-72.

‘Tensions between evaluations and communication practices’.
G. Laudel and J. Gläser, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 28:289-295.

Wissenschaftliche Produktionsgemeinschaften. Die soziale Ordnung der Forschung
(Scientific production communities. The Social Order of Research). Frankfurt a. M.: Campus. J. Gläser

‘The Publishing Imperative: The Pervasive Influence of Publication Metrics’
C. Steele, L. Butler and D. Kingsley, Learned Publishing, 19, 277-290.

‘The Art of Getting Funded: How Scientists Adapt to their Funding Conditions’
G. Laudel, Science and Public Policy, 33(7):489-504. (PDF)

‘Conclave in the Tower of Babel: How Peers Review Interdisciplinary Research Proposals’
G. Laudel, Research Evalaution, 15(1):57-68. (PDF)

NHMRC Supported Research: The Impact of Journal Publication Output 1999-2003
L. Butler, B. Biglia and K. Henadeera, National Health and Medical Research Council, 74pp.
(available online at www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/nh75syn.htm)

‘The Returns from Cardiovascular Research: The Impact of the National Heart Foundation of Australia’s Investment’
M. Clay, C. Donovan, L. Butler and B. Oldenberg, Medical Journal of Australia, 185(4):209-212.

‘The ‘quality myth’: Promoting and Hindering Conditions for Acquiring Research Funds’
G. Laudel, Higher Education, 52:375-403. (PDF)

‘Extending Citation Analysis to Non-Source Items’
L. Butler and M. Visser, Scientometrics, 66(2):327-343.

‘The Problem of Political Science and Practical Politics’
C. Donovan and P. Larkin, Politics, 26(1):11-17.

Go to 2005 publications and earlier

For further information and copies of publications please contact:
Bev Biglia
Research Evaluation and Policy Project
Research School of Social Sciences
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
T: (02) 6125 4849
F: (02) 6125 9767
E: bevb@coombs.anu.edu.au