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Measuring research : what everyone needs to know / Cassidy R. Sugimoto and Vincent Larivière.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sugimoto, Cassidy R., author.
- Larivière, Vincent, author.
- Series:
- What everyone needs to know
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bibliometrics.
- Research--Evaluation--Statistical methods.
- Research.
- Citation indexes.
- Communication in learning and scholarship--Technological innovations.
- Communication in learning and scholarship.
- Scholarly Communication.
- Research--Evaluation.
- Statistics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bibliometrics.
- Scholarly Communication.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 149 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Policy makers, academic administrators, scholars, and members of the public are clamoring for indicators of the value and reach of research. The question of how to quantify the impact and importance of research and scholarly output, from the publication of books and journal articles to the indexing of citations and tweets, is a critical one for understanding science and conducting assessments of research. There is a wide set of data and tools available for measuring research, but they are often used in crude ways, and each have their own limitations and internal logics. Measuring Research: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Contents:
- 1 The Basics 1
- What is this book about? 1
- Why measure research? 3
- Who is this book for? 5
- What are the historical foundations for measuring research? 7
- What are the theoretical foundations of measuring research? 10
- What is an indicator? 14
- What are the data sources for measuring research? 16
- 2 The Data 22
- What is a citation index? 22
- What is the Web of Science? 25
- What is Scopus? 30
- What is Google Scholar Citations? 32
- What are the differences among the main citation indices? 35
- What are the cultural biases of data sources? 38
- How are disciplines defined? 45
- 3 The Indicators 50
- How is authorship defined and measured? 50
- How is research production defined and measured? 53
- How is collaboration defined and measured? 57
- How is interdisciplinarity defined and measured? 62
- How is impact defined and measured? 64
- What is the difference between references and citations? 66
- Why is research cited? 67
- How do citation rates vary by time and discipline? 69
- What is not cited? 76
- How concentrated are citations? 79
- How are citations counted? 81
- What are self-citations? 86
- How is obsolescence measured? 90
- What is the journal impact factor? 93
- What is the Eigenfactor Score? 96
- What is Source Normalized Impact per paper? 98
- What is the SCImago journal rank? 99
- What is CiteScore? 99
- What is the h-index? 100
- What are altmetrics? 102
- How is research funding measured? 110
- What are indicators for applied research? 112
- What is the relationship between science indicators and peer review? 116
- 4 The Big Picture 119
- Who controls research measurement? 119
- What are the responsibilities of stakeholders? 122
- What are the adverse effects of measurement? 126
- What is the future of measuring research? 129.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sugimoto, Cassidy R. Measuring research.
- ISBN:
- 9780190640125
- 9780190640118
- 0190640111
- 019064012X
- OCLC:
- 1001563944
- Publisher Number:
- 99975432554
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