Research funding and reputation in the UK have, for over two decades, been
increasingly dependent on a regular peer-review of all UK departments. This is
to move to a system more based on bibliometrics. Assessment exercises of this
kind influence the behavior of institutions, departments and individuals, and
therefore bibliometrics will have effects beyond simple measurement.
[arXiv:0910.3529]Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-STS285A the Statistical
Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org