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Abstract
Assessments such as ranking exercises arguably level the playing field for stakeholders. Quality assurance may remain a challenge for consumers, but ‘public’ assessments do provide a nominal element of independence or autonomy. This article outlines, from a German perspective, the way in which research assessments are frequently subject to influence from a variety of sources. It offers some developmental perspectives on assessment as an organic work‐in‐progress for the scientific and research community.
Notes
1. Learn more about SINAPSE, at ⟨http://www.sinapse.org/⟩.
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3. The system used by the Association of American Universities (AAU), founded in 1900, is even older, but quite similar. See, Vaughn (Citation2002): 438–439.
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