Linton, O. B., Xu, E.
Auditing the Auditors: An evaluation of the REF2021 Output Results
JIWP Number: 2228
Abstract: We apply the Hole algorithm to evaluate the REF2021 output quality exercise. We find that the implied journal ranking agrees quite closely with the ABS-SCOB journal ranking, and in particular the GPA’s agree with a 91% correlation.
Keywords: Journal quality, Ranking, Research funding
JEL Codes: A10
Author links: Oliver Linton
PDF: jiwp2228.pdf 
Open Access Link: 10.17863/CAM.99006
