Tag: Metrics

How Could Google Scholar (and the Citation System) Be Improved?

By Louis Coiffait | Published: March 21, 2019

To end his trilogy of articles on the research metric system (and Google Scholar in particular), Louis Coiffait explores what improvements could be made.

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Academe Just Doesn’t Talk Enough about Research Metrics

By Lai Ma | Published: February 25, 2019

The active use of metrics in everyday research activities suggests academics have accepted them as standards of evaluation. Yet when asked, many academics profess concern about the limitations of evaluative metrics and the extent of their use. Why is there such a discrepancy between principle and practices?

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Book Review: Metric Power

By Thomas Christie Williams | Published: January 6, 2017

In Metric Power, David Beer examines the intensifying role that metrics play in our everyday lives, from healthcare provision to our interactions with friends and family, within the context of the so-termed data revolution. This is a book that illustrates our growing implication in, and arguable acquiescence to, an increasingly quantified world, but, Thomas Christie Williams asks, where do we locate resistance?

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Existing Career Incentives Are Often Bad for Science

By Paul Smaldino | Published: October 4, 2016

A culture of bad science can evolve as a result of institutional incentives that prioritize simple quantitative metrics as measures of success, argues Paul Smaldino. But, he adds, not all is lost as new initiatives such as open data and replication are making a positive difference.

Posted in Career, Higher Education Reform | Also tagged Ethics, Incentives, Publication Concerns | Leave a comment

In Research, Engagement Is Not the Same As Impact

By SAGE | Published: April 12, 2016

As governments seek practical metrics for determining if their research funding is money wisely spent, the quest for 'impact' takes on great importance. Drawing from the Australian experience, Stephen Taylor addresses several key measurement principles.

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In the Rush to Metrics, Don’t Ignore Human Intuition

By Eric Giannella | Published: December 23, 2015

Sociologist Eric Giannella argues the uncertainty of science makes intuition and judgement essential, and yet the effect of metrics is to reduce the role of judgment.

Posted in Public Policy | Also tagged Intuition, LSE Impact | Leave a comment

Tag: Metrics

Academe Just Doesn’t Talk Enough about Research Metrics

Book Review: Metric Power

Existing Career Incentives Are Often Bad for Science

In Research, Engagement Is Not the Same As Impact

In the Rush to Metrics, Don’t Ignore Human Intuition

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