The Assessment of Research Quality in UK Universities: Peer Review or Metrics?

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Evaluation practices and effects of indicator use : a literature review (2016, background): “ Taylor, J. (2011) ‘The assessment of research quality in UK universities: peer review or metrics?’, British Journal of Management, 22/2: 202-217.”
How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: A comparison between Innovation Studies and Business & Management (2012, background): “Where ratings and journals ranks are highly correlated (in exercises such as previous RAEs) (Taylor, 2011), the effect we find is large enough to be expected to have a substantial negative effect on research assessment performance.”
Tracking the evolution of waste recycling research using overlay maps of science. (2011, background): “mainly business, management, economics and finance) —and thus disadvantage the interdisciplinary IS units. Where ratings and journals ranks are highly correlated (in exercises such as previous RAEs) (Taylor, 2011), the effect we find is large enough to be expected to have a substantial negative effe”