The Stern review of the Research Excellence Framework. by Hobbs, F, Roberts, L

Can teaching philosophy in schools count towards the Research Excellence Framework (UK)? by Andrew Fisher, Jonathan Tallant

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Research Quality—Lessons from the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 by David R. Thompson, Hugh P. McKenna

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Evidencing the impact of cancer trials: insights from the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework by Catherine R. Hanna, Lauren P. Gatting, Kathleen Anne Boyd, Kathryn A. Robb, Rob J. Jones

“…Methods The United Kingdom (UK) Government allocates research funding to higher-education institutions based on an assessment of the institutions’ previous research efforts, in an exercise known as the Research Excellence Framework (REF). In addition to each institution’s journal publications and research environment, for the first time in 2014, allocation of funding was also dependent on an evaluation of the wider, societal impact of research conducted. …”
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Cost estimates of an open access mandate for monographs in the UK’s third Research Excellence Framework by Martin Paul Eve, Kitty Inglis, David Prosser, Lara Speicher, Graham Stone

“…The recent ‘Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework’ (REF) in the UK contains an annex that signals the extension of the open access mandate to monographs. …”
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Is big team research fair in national research assessments? The case of the UK Research Excellence Framework 2021 by Thelwall Mike, Kousha Kayvan, Makita Meiko, Abdoli Mahshid, Stuart Emma, Wilson Paul, Levitt Jonathan

“…This article assesses whether full counting changes results compared to fractional counting in the case of the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. For this assessment, fractional counting reduces the number of journal articles to as little as 10% of the full counting value, depending on the Unit of Assessment (UoA). …”
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The Stories We Live By and the stories we won’t stand by: Measuring the impact of a free online course in ecolinguistics by Roccia Mariana, Iubini-Hampton Jessica

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Assessing research impact in academic clinical medicine: a study using Research Excellence Framework pilot impact indicators. by Ovseiko, P, Oancea, A, Buchan, A

“…In the United Kingdom, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) developed proposals for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) to allocate public research funding to higher education institutions, inter alia, on the basis of the social and economic impact of their research. …”

Providing evidence of impact from public engagement with research: A case study from the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) by Jon Copley

“…Societal benefits of public engagement were recognized as 'impact' from research in the UK's recent Research Excellence Framework (REF), which determines an allocation of central government funding for universities and shapes the landscape for university researchers undertaking such activities. …”
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Research impact in the community-based health sciences: An analysis of 162 case studies from the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework by Greenhalgh, T, Fahy, N

“…Background: The 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) generated a unique database of impact case studies, each describing a body of research and impact beyond academia. …”

Importance and Benefits of OPEN SCIENCE for Ubiquitous Sharing, Dissemination and Impact * by Ivo Grigorov, Petr Knoth, Iryna Kuchma, Birgit Schmidt, Najla Rettberg, Eloy Rodrigues

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Enhancing Institutional Publication Data Using Emergent Open Science Services by David Walters, Christopher Daley

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Gedanken zum Austausch zwischen der deutsch- und der englischsprachigen Europarechtswissenschaft by Tobias Lock

“…Three explanations are advanced: the incentive structure in the UK, which is dominated by the Research Excellence Framework (REF); different dominant methodological approaches in German- and English-language scholarship; and Brexit as a possible driver away from EU law research for UK-based academics.…”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Research in Durham University Business School by Richard Harris

“…The new results presented are based on a survey of Business School academics who were entered into the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 assessment of research quality, confirming that C19 had a major effect during the March to September 2020 period on research activities. …”
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Die Erziehungswissenschaft im Vereinigten Königreich: Die erziehungswissenschaftliche Forschungslandschaft im Spiegel der Forschungsevaluation by Ertl, H

“…<p>Unter dem Titel Research Excellence Framework (REF) fand zwischen 2013 und 2014 eine Forschungsevaluation aller hochschulischen Einrichtungen im Vereinigten Königreich statt. …”

Unlocking access to Oxford's research by Taylor, L, Carvalho, J, Gibbs, B

“…Not only does this work enable them to be compliant with their funders and the Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment, but it helps showcase the fantastic research done by Oxford authors. …”

Research in Languages, Cultures and Societies: Voices of Researchers in the UK by Katie Harrison, Nicola McLelland

“…Presenting the perspective of researchers themselves, our study adds to our understanding of the current state of languages research in UK Higher Education, complementing other sources including the 2021 Research Excellence Framework and the British Academy & University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) 2022 report on trends in language learning in Higher Education, and providing useful data for international comparisons. …”
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Slightly dirty maths: the richly textured mechanisms of impact by Meagher, L, Martin, U

“…The multi-method study triangulated across: 1,2) content analysis of impact case studies and environment descriptions submitted to the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment; 3,4) a survey and focus group of heads of mathematics departments; 5) semi-structured interviews. …”

Hard-to-assess research-impact nexuses in the humanities, arts, and social sciences by Oancea, A

“…The chapter introduces the idea of ‘research-impact nexus’ and signposts some important areas of impact that are generative and valued within different communities across the arts, humanities and social sciences (HASS), but (may be) difficult to compress into the timeframes, contributory claims, and material evidence of benefit that are often associated with impact narratives ‘optimized’ for assessment purposes - such as those of the United Kingdom’s Research Excellence Framework (REF). The areas discussed in the chapter include: the critical, emancipatory, and subversive research-impact nexus; the discursive and conceptual research-impact nexus; the collective, reciprocal and deeply collaborative research-impact nexus; the creative, craft and design-based research-impact nexus; and the professionally-oriented and practice-based research-impact nexus. …”

Research impact: a narrative review. by Greenhalgh, T, Raftery, J, Hanney, S, Glover, M

“…We review the strengths and limitations of six established approaches (Payback, Research Impact Framework, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, monetisation, societal impact assessment, UK Research Excellence Framework) plus recently developed and largely untested ones (including metrics and electronic databases). …”