Since the United Kingdom's first Research Assessment Exercise in 1986, the concept of a national evaluation of publicly funded research has expanded to other countries, including Belgium, France, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. Some assessments are performed specifically to determine allocation of research funds, whereas others are benchmarking exercises of the performance of local research in a global context. Although the overall goals of these assessment systems are well understood, there is doubt as to how well each is working.
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