Handbook on research assessment in the social sciences / edited by Tim C. E. Engels and Emanuel Kulczycki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Engels, Tim C. E., editor.

Kulczycki, Emanuel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Research--Evaluation.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current developments, issues and good practices regarding assessment in social science research. It pays particular attention to the challenges in evaluation policies in the social sciences, as well as to the specificities of publishing in the area.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: Research assessment in the social sciences / Tim C.E. Engels and Emanuel Kulczycki

2. A tribute to puay tang, judit bar-ilan and paul benneworth / Stefan P. L. de Jong

Part I: Dimensions of research quality in social sciences

3. An epistemic approach to research assessment in the social sciences / Andrea Bonaccorsi

4. Identifying research quality in the social sciences / Michael Ochsner

5. Efficacy, efficiency, and models of journal peer review: The known and unknown in the social sciences / Marco Seeber

6. Gender research in academia: A closer look at variables / Alesia A. Zuccala and Gemma Derrick

7. Open science and open access publishing in social sciences / Mikael Laakso

8. Assessing interdisciplinary research in the social sciences: Are we on the right track? / Joshua Eykens

Part II: Data sources for assessment of the social sciences

9. The bright and dark sides of national databases for research output / Linda Sīle

10. Using research metrics in support of assessing social sciences research performance: A comparison of major bibliographic systems / Thed van Leeuwen

11. Google scholar as a data source for research assessment in the social sciences / Güleda Doğan

12. Current research evaluation topics in social sciences / Zehra Taşkın

13. Social media and altmetrics / Sanam Ebrahimzadeh, Juan Pablo Alperin and Stefanie Haustein

14. Journal evaluation systems: Evolution and practices in China's social sciences / Ying Huang, Ruinan Li, Xiaoting Liu and Lin Zhang

Part III: Publishing in the social sciences

15. The use of bibliometrics in assessments of social scientists / Gunnar Sivertsen

16. Publishing in the social sciences and its representation in research evaluation and funding systems / Gunnar Sivertsen

17. Journal lists in social sciences and the spectrum of quality standards / Raf Guns and Marek Hołowiecki

18. Open access and research assessment in the social sciences / Janne Pölönen and Mikael Laakso

19. Towards proper evaluation of book publishing in social sciences / Elea Giménez Toledo, Natasa Jermen, and Gunnar Sivertsen

Part IV: Challenges in evaluation policies for social sciences

20. Between the traditional, the neo-liberal and the open university: Early career investigators caught in the triple bind of academic career requirements / Marc Vanholsbeeck

21. Challenges of reporting societal impacts for research evaluation purposes

the case of sociology / Reetta Muhonen and Silje Tellmann

22. Multilingualism of social sciences / Emanuel Kulczycki, Tim C.E. Engels and Janne Pölönen

23. The challenges for research evaluation ethics in the social sciences / Aldis Gedutis, Maria Teresa Biagetti and Lai Ma

24. Engaging stakeholders to induce societal innovation / Jack Spaapen and Ad Prins

25. Social science research making an impact on public decision-making / Kimberley R. Isett and Diana Hicks

Part V: Assessment of social sciences in practice

26. National research evaluation systems and the social sciences / Michael Ochsner and Ginevra Peruginelli

27. Research assessment in australia: Journal ranking, research classification and ratings / Gaby Haddow

28. Assessment of the social sciences in China / Lin Zhang, Mengting Sun, Ying Huang and Gunnar Sivertsen

29. Producing knowledge in Latin America: Social sciences research assessment with a geopolitical perspective / Hebe Vessuri and Leandro Rodriguez-Medina

30. Assessment of law journals in croatia, Italy and Spain / Ginevra Peruginelli, Jadranka Stojanovski, Elias Sanz-Casado and Tommaso Agnoloni 31. Evaluation of the social sciences in Norway / Jon Holm

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Engels, Tim C. E. Handbook on Research Assessment in the Social Sciences

ISBN:

1-80037-255-8