Clinical academics' experiences of REF2021.

Angharad P Davies, Robert McKinley, Mark Gabbay, David Katz, W David Strain

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Article in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in

1citing papers in PubMed

1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

Treat staff like they make a difference, and they will.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Angharad P DaviesBMA Women in Academic Medicine Group, London; Professor and Honorary Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK. Electronic address: Angharad.p.davies@swansea.ac.uk.

Robert McKinleyEmeritus Professor of Academic General Practice, Keele University School of Medicine, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK.

Mark GabbayProfessor of General Practice, Department of Primary Care and Mental Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

David KatzEmeritus Professor of Immunopathology, University College London, London, UK.

W David StrainBMA Medical Academic Staff Committee; associate professor of cardiometabolic health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Keele University · GBSwansea University · GBUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Exeter · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) is an assessment of the quality of research carried out in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), performed in 7-year cycles. The outcome impacts the rankings and funding of UK HEIs, which afford the exercise high priority. Much of what REF measures is known to be biased against academics with protected characteristics: for example, women and ethnic minority researchers are less likely to win grants or be published in prestigious journals. Despite changes to REF since 2014, the risk remains that the process might amplify well-recognised existing disparities. The BMA Women in Academic Medicine and Medical Academic Staff Committee carried out a survey of UK clinical academics' experiences of REF2021. The data indicated the persistence of activities previously characterised as 'extremely harmful' in Research England-commissioned work, affecting up to 10% of clinical academics. While acknowledging the limitations of the data, women appeared to be disproportionately affected.

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EthnicityMinority GroupsEnglandExerciseFemaleHumansMedical StaffClinical academiaREF

Identifiers

PMID38350406

DOI10.1016/j.clinme.2023.100002

PMCPMC11024815

OpenAlexW4391111956

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