Many readers outwith the United Kingdom know—not least from recent editorials (Johnston, 2005; Tewdwr-Jones, 2005)—of the impact of the Research Assessment Exercises (RAEs) on academic life and knowledge production within academia. RAE 2008 is looming: the Funding Councils (FCs) have published criteria that subject panels will apply when rating departmental research outputs, environments, and esteem indicators; universities are preparing draft submissions; and staff are deciding which four recent publications (or other outputs) to submit as illustrating their 'best work'. Big sums of money (the QR—quality-related—income allocated to universities annually by the FCs) rest on the outcome: some £1.5 billion is distributed annually according to the RAE 'success' of departments, on a very steep sliding scale (for an example, see Johnston, 2006).
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机译：英国以外的许多读者，尤其是最近的社论（Johnston，2005； Tewdwr-Jones，2005）都知道研究评估练习（RAE）对学术界学术生活和知识生产的影响。 RAE 2008迫在眉睫：资助委员会（FC）发布了一些标准，供主题小组在对部门研究成果，环境和尊敬指标进行评级时使用；大学正在准备草稿；和工作人员正在决定提交最近的四本出版物（或其他产出），以说明其“最佳工作”。大笔的钱（与质量相关的QR收入，每年由FC分配给大学）取决于结果：根据RAE部门的“成功”，每年约有15亿英镑以非常陡峭的滑动规模分配（例如，请参阅Johnston，2006年）。
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