1. Conduct studies

2. Lobby

3. Run campaigns

"Oh come on! How big can this Goliath guy be?"

"How many researchers rely on software?"

[2]

Let's do that again...

...but without the controversy

"Professional"

"Beginner"

1. How much funding is invested in software-reliant research?

2. Do researchers submit software outputs to Researchfish or the REF?

3. How much software appears in journal publications?

4. And anything else that's interesting

We're not the only people who need the data

http://bit.ly/UKRIRoadmap2019

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Campaigns

1,500

RSEs

UK RSEs

RSE Groups at

28 organisations

bit.ly/RSEGroupsUK

www.rse.ac.uk

191,000 research outputs
 

38 software outputs

REF panels know publications

They do not understand software

The way in which the REF exercise is conducted overlooks many of the people who are vital to the success of research.

http://hidden-ref.org

@hiddenREF