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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.

Posted in Featured, Impact, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Google, Google Scholar, Impact, Metrics, scholar | Leave a comment

Criticisms of the Citation System, and Google Scholar in Particular

By Louis Coiffait | Published: March 20, 2019

In his second article about the citation system and Google Scholar, Louis Coiffait looks at some of the current criticisms.

Posted in Impact, Open Access, Recognition, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Citations, Google, Google Scholar, references, scholar, scholarly | Leave a comment

How Google Scholar Judges Research

By Louis Coiffait | Published: March 19, 2019

Louis Coiffait's third article in his series on impact looks at the system of citation metrics, in particular Google Scholar.

Posted in Featured, Impact, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Citations, Google, Google Scholar, Impact, scholar | Leave a comment

At a Glance: The UK’s Twin-track Approach to Measuring Impact

By Louis Coiffait | Published: March 18, 2019

In his second article in a series on impact, Louis Coiffait looks at how REF and KEF treat impact in the UK.

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debate, Public Policy, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Impact, kef, REF | Leave a comment

Sir Cliff Richard, the BBC and the Ethics of Interviewing

By Robert Dingwall | Published: July 19, 2018

The recent brouhaha involving the BBC and the singer points out something the journalists and qualitative researchers share: the need to develop a common approach to the ethics of interviewing.

Posted in News, Research, Research Ethics | Also tagged Ethics, interviewing techniques, Journalism, qualitative interview, Social Research | Leave a comment

UK HE: Markets Are Good for Everyone – Except Academics….

By Robert Dingwall | Published: August 4, 2017

So if markets are truly good for English higher education, as many seem to think, should we follow that train of thought to its logical conclusions?

Posted in Brexit, Career, Higher Education Reform, News, Public Policy, Research | Also tagged Brexit, Economics, Policy, REF | Leave a comment

The Stern Review of the REF – An Economist Against Markets!

By Robert Dingwall | Published: August 1, 2016

In an effort to prevent 'gaming' the REF, new recommendation from Lord Stern cuts down on the freedom of academics to move from institution as they see fit. Is the cure worse than the disease?

Posted in Academic Funding, Impact, News, Public Policy, Research | Also tagged Lord Stern, Policy, REF | 1 Response

Quantophrenia is Back in Town

By Robert Dingwall | Published: May 27, 2014

Many social scientists find themselves members of a cult of quantification, argues Robert Dingwall, in love with numbers for their own sake even when those numbers produce no useful knowledge.

Posted in News, Public Policy, Research, Teaching | Also tagged ESRC, Impact, Policy, Social Research, Social Science Research, Statistics | 3 Responses

The Ethics of Impact

By Robert Dingwall | Published: October 15, 2013

Back in the summer, John Holmwood, the current BSA President, sent me an email about impact and research ethics. Various contingencies have got in the way of discussing his concerns – but they are important. John’s argument, in essence, is that the implications of the UK impact agenda for research ethics have been overlooked, and […]

Posted in Impact, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Research, Research Ethics | Also tagged Ethics, Impact, Policy, Research Funding, Social Research, Social Science, Social Science Research | Leave a comment

Mental Health Measurement and the Workplace

By LSE Impact | Published: October 13, 2013

Due to the confusion over what counts as evidence, mental health research has largely failed to make a significant impact on workplace wellbeing and employment relations practices. Elizabeth Cotton argues that in order to make a positive difference, academic research will have to involve new technologies and communication strategies aimed at helping people to improve their mental health at work.

Posted in Research, Research, Resources | Also tagged Fit for work, mental health, Social Science, Workplace | Leave a comment

The New National Service for Social and Economic Data

By British Sociological Association | Published: September 10, 2013

This year’s British Sociological Association annual conference saw countless presentations from all over the country, many of which were based on secondary data, many of which are preserved and distributed by the UK Data Service. essay writing services Established on 1 October 2012, the UK Data Service is a new national data service for social […]

Posted in Research, Resources | Also tagged Census, Census Programme, Economic and Social Data Service, longitudinal studies, Resources, Secure Data Service, Social Science, UK Data Service | Comments closed

‘Reasonable Suspicion’ That Race Matters in the Immigration Debate

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: August 12, 2013

In the furor over immigration reform in the U.S., many taking a tougher line cite the law, not the evident ethnicity of the immigrants, for their stance. But that ethnicity matters, new research suggests.

Posted in Research, Resources | Also tagged Immigration, Mexico, Political Science, Psychology, Racism, Social Psychology, Social Science, Study, United States | 1 Response

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