Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation: Uses and Abuses

by Yves Gingras

Why bibliometrics is useful for understanding the global dynamics of science but generate perverse effects when applied inappropriately in research evaluation and university rankings.

The research evaluation market is booming. "Ranking," "metrics," "h-index," and "impact factors" are reigning buzzwords. Government and research administrators want to evaluate everything--teachers, professors, training programs, universities--using quantitative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026203512X
• ISBN13: 9780262035125
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher