Jonathan Adams

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Jonathan Adams

Jonathan Adams is Director of ISI, a part of Clarivate Analytics, and a visiting professor at the Policy Institute at King’s University London. He was previously Chief Scientist at Digital Science from 2013 to March 2018. He was the lead founder of Evidence Ltd, and then Director of Research Evaluation for Thomson Reuters until March 2013. In 2006, he chaired the Monitoring Group of the European Research Fund for Coal & Steel; in 2008, led the New Zealand Government’s 2008 review of research evaluation; and in 2016 was a member of the Australian Research Council’s working group on research impact evaluation.

Jonathan has published widely in research journals and scholarly books, including a chapter on the future of research in New Landscapes and Languages of Higher Education, published by Oxford University Press (May 2017). He was awarded an Honorary DSc by the University of Exeter in 2017, for his work in higher education and research policy.

3 pieces

Newest first, since December 2021

  1. · Analysis

    The impact of Hong Kong university research on society

    What stories can be told about the impact of research? The team behind a new analysis of Hong Kong RAE impact case studies explains

    With Jonathan Grant, Martin Szomszor, Kate Williams and Ryan Beardsley

  2. · Comment

    Still the China question

    A year on from their landmark report Jo Johnson, Jonathan Adams, and Jonathan Grant find that little has been done to mitigate the risk implicit in closer academic links between the UK and China

    With Jo Johnson and Jonathan Grant

  3. · Comment

    Why the UK should deepen research ties with China and India

    China and India are the UK’s most significant collaborators on international research – but their systems are very different. Jonathan Grant, Jo Johnson, and Jonathan Adams compare and contrast

    With Jonathan Grant and Jo Johnson