Changing research publication practices and the rise of research metrics

Thed van Leeuwen

Chapter 16 in Handbook of Meta-Research, 2024, pp 191-203 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter discusses the nature of scientometrics/bibliometrics as a relatively young academic discipline, with a high degree of application in research policy and evaluation. While research metrics are seen by many in the science system as a way to objectify the quality of research, research metrics also create an imaginary order, in which the representing scores or rankings thus create absolute values. The chapter discusses various meta-level bibliometric perspectives, against a background in which three particular quantitative indicators or methods play an important role: Journal Impact Factor; h-index; and university rankings.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Education; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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