Why do sociologists on academic periphery willingly support bibliometric indicators?

Katerina Guba ()
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Katerina Guba: European University at St. Petersburg

Scientometrics, 2024, vol. 129, issue 1, No 17, 497-518

Abstract: Abstract What can explain the variation within the disciplinary communities in expressing the support of metrics in the evaluation of research productivity? The aim of this study is to demonstrate that the attitude to the metrics varies between researchers depending on their academic cultural preferences. We conducted a survey of 1850 Russian sociologists with the range of questions regarding the main divisions of sociology and perceived legitimacy of metrics for evaluating academic work. We found that although the majority of sociologists do not support giving more value to the publications that appeared in international databases, 30% of respondent expressed the positive attitude to this policy. Researchers with the orientation to a global science that was measured by their responses and publication behavior pattern tend to support using metrics in research evaluation, while their counterparts committed to a local academic path are more likely to show a negative attitude.

Keywords: Citizenship scientometrics; Bibliometric indicators; Metrics; Research fields; Research evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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