Ràfols, Ismael (2012) Will the REF disadvantage interdisciplinary research? The inadvertent effects of journal rankings. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (01 Oct 2012). Website.
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Abstract
A failure to engage in interdisciplinary work risks creating intellectual inbreeding and could push research away from socially complex issues. Ismael Rafols asks why there is a bias against interdisciplinary research, and why the REF will work to suppress an otherwise useful body of research.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) | 
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences | 
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0 | 
| Divisions: | LSE | 
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General)  | 
        
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2017 09:53 | 
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 07:32 | 
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72534 | 
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