'Citations Are Peer Review by the World'

Prof John Mingers


The research excellence framework - or REF - has become such
an established part of the higher education landscape that it’s hard to imagine
a world without it. Since 1985 it has provided the navigation points in a
turbulent and changing landscape, marking progress and, like a modern day Lachesis, measuring the threads of individual
research in readiness for Atropos’ shears.