英国科研卓越框架非学术影响评价的改革与创新

Reforms and Innovations for Non-Academic Impact Assessment of the Research Excellence Framework in the UK

英国于2014年实施了第一轮科研卓越框架(Research Excellence Framework,REF),首次尝试在全国范围内进行科研非学术影响评价。REF团队以REF2014非学术影响评价的咨询论证结果和反馈的元评价报告为依据,对REF2021科研非学术影响评价细则进行了修订与完善:扩大非学术影响涵盖范围,解决影响力滞后问题;减少评价单元,成立跨学科研究咨询小组;调整专家遴选机制,提高委任专家代表性与多样性;开发证据集,采用基于客观证据的循证评价法。REF2021非学术影响评价展现出了英国高校科研影响评估的改革特点与价值理念:重视跨学科研究的非学术影响评价,引导科研服务国家需求;完善专家遴选机制,提高专家评议的科学性;坚持证据为本的原则,发挥定量数据对专家评议的支撑作用;开展系统多维的元评价,进一步提升评价品质。

The UK implemented the first round of the Research Excellence Framework(REF)in 2014,which was the first nationwide attempt to evaluate the non-academic impact of scientific research.The REF team revised and improved the details of REF2021 non-academic impact evaluation based on the results of REF2014 non-academic impact evaluation and the feedback meta-evaluation report:expanding the scope of Non-Academic Impact to address the issue of lagging impact;reducing the number of evaluation units and setting up a cross-disciplinary research and advisory group;and adjusting the mechanism of expert selection to increase the representativeness and diversity of the appointed experts;Developing an evidence set and using an evidence-based evaluation methodology based on objective evidence.REF2021 Non-academic impact evaluation demonstrates the reform characteristics and value concepts of scientific research impact assessment in UK universities:emphasize the non-academic impact evaluation of interdisciplinary research to guide scientific research to serve national needs;improve the expert selection mechanism to enhance the scientific nature of expert deliberations;adhere to the evidencebased principle and play a supporting role of quantitative data for expert deliberations;carry out systematic and multi-dimensional meta-evaluation to further improve the Evaluation quality.