PLOS Response to the HEFCE RFI on Metrics in Research Assessment | PLOS OpensPLOS Opens

"The Higher Education Funding Council for England, the body that manages the UK’s Research Excellence Framework recently announced an enquiry on the use of metrics in research assessment. HEFCE’s views on research assessment matter a great deal to UK Universities because the REF distributes a substantial proportion of the UK’s research funding as block grants on the basis of that assessment. As part of this process the enquiry committee issued a call for evidence. The covering letter and summary of the PLOS submission are provided below, you can find the full PLOS RFI response at Figshare."