Alex Rushforth
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. A.D. Rushforth
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- a.d.rushforth@cwts.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3352-943X
Assistant professor. Alex works in the social studies of science, specializing in research evaluation, uses of indicators and research assessment reforms.
Alex Rushforth is assistant professor at CWTS. He works in the social studies of science, with particular focus on research evaluation. Alex has longstanding interests in the uses of indicators in research and evaluation settings and his current research interests focus on the emergence, implementation and (un)intended effects of reform policies for research assessment.
Alex is currently part of Project TARA (Tools to Advance Research Assessment), an international research collaboration between CWTS, Illinois Institute of Technology and the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (supported by the Arcadia Fund). This work is investigating research assessment reforms and co-developing new tools and resources to inform these efforts. Alex is also a coordinator of the Evaluation & Culture focal area at CWTS.
He will teach the ‘Sociology of Science’ course on the new bachelor programme ‘Science for Sustainable Societies’, beginning 2024.
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- CWTS
- Rushforth A.D. & Rijcke S. de (2024), Practicing responsible research assessment: qualitative study of faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure assessments in the United States, Research Evaluation : rvae007.
- Rushforth A.D. & Hammarfelt B. (2023), The rise of responsible metrics as a professional reform movement: a collective action frames account , Quantitative Science Studies : .
- Rushforth A.D. & Hammarfelt B. (2022), The rise of ‘responsible metrics’ as a professional reform movement: a collective action frames perspective. SocArXiv. [working paper].
- Rushforth Alex Ladds Emma Wieringa Sietse Taylor Sharon Husain Laiba Greenhalgh Trisha (2021), Long Covid – The illness narratives, Social Science & Medicine 286: 114326 (114326).
- RUSHFORTH ALEX GREENHALGH TRISHA (2020), Personalized Medicine, Disruptive Innovation, and “Trailblazer” Guidelines: Case Study and Theorization of an Unsuccessful Change Effort, The Milbank Quarterly 98: 581-617.
- Rushforth A., Franssen T. & Rijcke S. de (2019), Portfolios of Worth: Capitalizing on Basic and Clinical Problems in Biomedical Research Groups, Science Technology & Human Values 44(2): 209-236.
- Rushforth A.D. & De Rijcke S. (2017), Quality monitoring in transition: The challenge of evaluating translational research programs in academic biomedicine, Science and Public Policy 44(4): 513-523.
- Paul-Hus A., Desrochers N., De Rijcke S. & Rushfort A.D. (2017), The reward system of science, Aslib Journal of Information Management 69(5): 478-485.
- Berghmans S., Cousijn H., Deakin G., Meijer I., Mulligan A., Plume A., De Rijcke S., Rushforth A., Tatum C., Van Leeuwen T. & Waltman L. (2017), Open Data: The researcher perspective: CWTS / Elsevier / Universiteit Leiden.
- Hammarfelt B.M.S., Rijcke S. de & Rushforth A.D. (2016), Quantified academic selves: The gamification of science through social networking services, Information Research 21(2): eSM1.
- Rushforth A.D. & Weaire D. (2016), All or nothing? Debating the role of evaluative bibliometrics in the research system, Research Evaluation 25(2): 230-231.
- Rushforth A.D. (2016), What's in a slogan? The meanings of translational science among academic cancer researchers in an English medical school, Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies 4(1): 32-42.
- De Rijcke S., Wouters P.F., Rushforth A.D., Franssen T.P. & Hammarfelt B. (2016), Evaluation practices and effects of indicator use - A literature review, Research Evaluation 25(2): 161-169.
- Rushforth A., Yegros A., Mongeon P. & Van Leeuwen T.N. (2016), How does ‘undone science’ get funded? A bibliometric analysis linking Rare Diseases publications to national and European funding sources. EU-SPRI Early Career Researcher Conferences 21 November 2016 - 23 November 2016.
- Rushforth A.D. & De Rijcke S. (2015), Accounting for impact? The journal impact factor and the making of biomedical research in the Netherlands, Minerva 53(2): 117-139.
- Rushforth A.D. (2015), Meeting pragmatism halfway: Making a pragmatic clinical trial protocol, Sociology of Health & Illness 37(8): 1285-1298.
- Rijcke S. de & Rushforth A.D. (2015), To intervene, or not to intervene, is that the question? On the role of scientometrics in research evaluation, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) 66(9): 1954-1958.