To intervene or not to intervene; is that the question? On the role of scientometrics in research evaluation

S de Rijcke, A Rushforth - Journal of the Association for …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent high‐profile statements, criticisms, and boycotts organized against certain quantitative
indicators (eg, the DORA declaration) have brought misuses of performance metrics to the …

[HTML][HTML] Long Covid–the illness narratives

A Rushforth, E Ladds, S Wieringa, S Taylor… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Callard and Perego depict long Covid as the first illness to be defined by patients who came
together on social media. Responding to their call to address why patients were so effective …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 “long Covid” patients and draft quality principles for services

E Ladds, A Rushforth, S Wieringa, S Taylor… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background Approximately 10% of patients with Covid-19 experience symptoms beyond 3–4
weeks. Patients call this “long Covid”. We sought to document such patients’ lived …

[HTML][HTML] Planning and evaluating remote consultation services: a new conceptual framework incorporating complexity and practical ethics

…, C Pope, S Rybczynska-Bunt, A Rushforth… - Frontiers in digital …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Establishing and running remote consultation services is challenging politically (interest groups
may gain or lose), organizationally (remote consulting requires implementation work and …

Evaluation practices and effects of indicator use—a literature review

S Rijcke, PF Wouters, AD Rushforth… - Research …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
This review of the international literature on evaluation systems, evaluation practices, and
metrics (mis)uses was written as part of a larger review commissioned by the Higher …

Why do GPs rarely do video consultations? qualitative study in UK general practice

…, C Papoutsi, S Wieringa, R Rosen, A Rushforth… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjgp.org
Background Fewer than 1% of UK general practice consultations occur by video. Aim To
explain why video consultations are not more widely used in general practice. Design and …

[HTML][HTML] Accounting for impact? The journal impact factor and the making of biomedical research in the Netherlands

A Rushforth, S de Rijcke - Minerva, 2015 - Springer
The range and types of performance metrics has recently proliferated in academic settings,
with bibliometric indicators being particularly visible examples. One field that has traditionally …

Quantified academic selves: The gamification of science through social networking services

…, S Rijcke, AD Rushforth - Information …, 2016 - scholarlypublications …
Introduction. Our study critically engages with techniques of self-quantification in contemporary
academia, by demonstrating how social networking services enact research and …

[PDF][PDF] Indicators as judgment devices: An empirical study of citizen bibliometrics in research evaluation

B Hammarfelt, AD Rushforth - Research Evaluation, 2017 - academic.oup.com
A researcher’s number of publications has been a fundamental merit in the competition for
academic positions since the late 18th century. Today, the simple counting of publications has …

[HTML][HTML] The NASSS-CAT tools for understanding, guiding, monitoring, and researching technology implementation projects in health and social care: protocol for an …

…, N Nelissen, A Gremyr, A Rushforth… - JMIR research …, 2020 - researchprotocols.org
Background: Projects to implement health care and social care innovations involving
technologies are typically ambitious and complex. Many projects fail. Greenhalgh et al’s …