6.1: Mechanisms
Develop better mechanisms of measurement that allow for different types of impact and influence. Other Information:
What are the next steps? It is accepted that metrics are still needed; however better mechanisms of measurement need to be
put in place, that allow for different types of impact and influence. A multi-dimensional measurement instrument would be
useful. It needs to be customisable for specific situations and individual and it must be easy to use both for the individual
academic and for the reviewer or decision-maker. What is being measured could include: *Quality (exploiting new forms of measurement
mechanisms) *Influence (using new forms of alternative metrics) *Social impact (measured, for example, through development
goals) *Economic impact *Contribution to education (use in lectures, reading lists etc) *Openness, making scholarly resources
shareable, accessible, and re-usable. Mechanisms for measuring need to be reviewed in an age where traditional forms of peer
review are also under critical scrutiny. Although work has been undertaken to formalise these alternative notions of impact,
none are directly applicable today. On the Force11 website, we make some concrete proposals for describing and utilising such
new metrics.
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