Handbook on research assessment in the social sciences. ([2022])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Tim C.E. Engels, Emanuel Kulczycki.
• Editors: Engels, Tim C. E; Kulczycki, Emanuel
• Contents: Introduction: Research assessment in the social sciences ; A tribute to Puay Tang, Judit Bar-Ilan and Paul Benneworth -- PART I DIMENSIONS OF RESEARCH QUALITY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES. An epistemic approach to research assessment in the social sciences ; Identifying research quality in the social sciences ; Efficacy, efficiency, and models of journal peer review: the known and unknown in the social sciences ; Gender research in academia: a closer look at variables ; Open science and open access publishing in social sciences ; Assessing interdisciplinary research in the social sciences: are we on the right track? -- PART II DATA SOURCES FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. The bright and dark sides of national databases for research output ; Using research metrics in support of assessing social sciences research performance: a comparison of major bibliographic systems ; Google Scholar as a data source for research assessment in the social sciences ; Current research evaluation topics in social sciences ; Social media and altmetrics ; Journal evaluation systems: evolution and practices in China's social sciences -- PART III PUBLISHING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. The use of bibliometrics in assessments of social scientists ; Publishing in the social sciences and its representation in research evaluation and funding systems ; Journal lists in social sciences and the spectrum of quality standards ; Open access and research assessment in the social sciences ; Towards proper evaluation of book publishing in the social sciences -- PART IV CHALLENGES IN EVALUATION POLICIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES. Between the traditional, the neo-liberal and the open university: early career investigators caught in the triple bind of academic career requirements ; Challenges of reporting societal impacts for research evaluation purposes - the case of sociology ; Multilingualism of social sciences ; The challenges for research evaluation ethics in the social sciences ; Engaging stakeholders to induce societal innovation ; Social science research making an impact on public decision-making -- PART V ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PRACTICE. National research evaluation systems and the social sciences ; Research assessment in Australia: journal ranking, research classification and ratings ; Assessment of the social sciences in China ; Producing knowledge in Latin America: social sciences research assessment with a geopolitical perspective ; Assessment of law journals in Croatia, Italy and Spain ; Evaluation of the social sciences in Norway.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Subjects: 300.72; Social sciences -- Research; Research -- Evaluation; Sciences sociales -- Recherche; Recherche -- Évaluation; Electronic books; Electronic books; Reference works; Ouvrages de référence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800372559; 1800372558
• Related ISBNs: 180037254X; 9781800372542
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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