Andrew Abbott, bibliometrics, Citations, evaluative citation analysis, Featured, free, h-index, journal impact factor, legitimacy, metrics, reputational control, research assessment, research evaluation, research metrics, Richard Whitley, Scopus, Web of Science
There is an absence of scientific authority over research assessment as a professional practice, leaving a gap that has been filled by database providers
Research metrics have become more established as a means to assess research performance. This is understandable given research institutions’ and funders’ demand for assessment techniques that are relatively cheap and universally applicable, even though use of such metrics remains strongly contested within scientific communities. But to what extent does the academic research field of evaluative citation analysis confer legitimacy to […]