英国科研卓越框架(2021)改革及对我国高校科研评估的启示

UK Research Excellence Framework (2021) Reform and Implications for China’s Implications for Research Assessment in Higher Education

摘要: 英国于2021年进行了第二轮“科研卓越框架”的评估活动，文章分析了REF2021的改革创新之处：在评估组织上，整合学科划分、缩减评估单元，设立“跨学科研究咨询小组”，完善参评学者管理制度；在评估指标上，提高科研影响力的评估权重，扩大科研影响力的涵盖范围；在评估方法上，完善同行评议结合文献计量的评估方法。并在中英高校科研评估异同之处的基础上，提出了对我国高校科研评估工作的启示，包括促进跨学科研究发展，保障科研人员可持续发展，重视科研的非学术影响，注重定量数据对同行评议的支持。

Abstract: This paper analyzes the reforms and innovations of REF2021, which is the second round of the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) assessment in 2021: In terms of assessment organization, integrating disciplinary divisions, reducing the number of assessment units, setting up an “Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Group”, and improving the management system for participating scholars; In terms of assessment indicators, increasing the assessment weighting of research impact and expanding the coverage of research impact; and in terms of assessment methods, improving the assessment methods of peer review and bibliometrics. This paper analyzes the reforms and innovations of REF2021: In terms of assessment organization, integrating disciplinary division, reducing assessment units, establishing “Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Group”, and improving the management system of participating scholars; In terms of assessment indexes, increasing the weighting of the assessment of scientific research impact, and expanding the scope of scientific research impact; And in terms of assessment methodology, perfecting the assessment method of peer review and bibliometrics. Based on the similarities and differences in the assessment of research in Chinese and British universities, we also put forward the inspiration for the assessment of research in Chinese universities, including promoting the development of interdisciplinary research, guaranteeing the sustainable development of researchers, paying attention to the non-academic impact of scientific research, and focusing on the support of quantitative data for peer review.