Metrics

Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures
Impact
September 23, 2024

Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures

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New SSRC Project Aims to Develop AI Principles for Private Sector
Industry
July 19, 2024

New SSRC Project Aims to Develop AI Principles for Private Sector

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Five Ways Altmetrics Are Useful For Academics
Impact
June 12, 2023

Five Ways Altmetrics Are Useful For Academics

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DORA Announces Three-Year Plan For Research Assessment Reform
Industry
April 6, 2023

DORA Announces Three-Year Plan For Research Assessment Reform

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A Quick Examination of Existing Academic Impact Metrics and Concerns in Business Education

A Quick Examination of Existing Academic Impact Metrics and Concerns in Business Education

A new white paper from SAGE Business examines existing bibliometrics and institutional reward structures at play within business schools. We aim to move the dial toward ways in which societal impact could become central to the assessment of business and management research.

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On Measuring What We Value 

On Measuring What We Value 

If traditional filters of prestige are themselves steeped in a set of tacit values that may no longer adequately respect the modes of labor (or the laborers themselves), then when better to step back for a moment to ask what we are counting — and why?

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The Journal Citation Reports 2022 Are Out. What Do They Mean for Sociology?

The Journal Citation Reports 2022 Are Out. What Do They Mean for Sociology?

One way or another, the Journal Citation Reports today play an outsized role in determining whose careers thrive and whose careers whither and which journals flourish or fade away.

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The $20 Blender Dilemma: How Different Data Can Create the Perfect Mix  

The $20 Blender Dilemma: How Different Data Can Create the Perfect Mix  

Not one single metric can encapsulate the importance of a field, notes Digital Science’s Mike Taylor, and in fields where broader uptake is slower, this is especially true.

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Impact: Who Decides? 

Impact: Who Decides? 

In this first response to Ziyad Marar’s thought piece “On Measuring Social Science Impact,” professor Sue Fletcher-Watson, who represents a field where the direct purpose is to improve the quality of life for a group of individuals, shares why current metrics fall short and what we can do about it.

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On Measuring Social Science Impact: An Excerpt and Responses

On Measuring Social Science Impact: An Excerpt and Responses

On Measuring Social Science Impact: An Excerpt and Responses The following essay by Ziyad Marar is adapted from “On Measuring Social Science […]

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The Perils of Measuring Performance, Inside and Outside Academia

The Perils of Measuring Performance, Inside and Outside Academia

Quantification can reformulate something as complex and multidimensional as teaching into a one-dimensional score. And such a score gives the possessor a sense of control and understanding. But, given the implications of quantification, this is an illusion.

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Project X: Resetting Our Understanding of Impact from Outputs to People

Project X: Resetting Our Understanding of Impact from Outputs to People

By focusing on researchers, rather than research, Paul Nightingale and Rebecca Vine suggest research systems would be better positioned to appreciate the multifaceted ways in which fields of research, such as the social sciences, impact society.

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