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Metricization, the SSCI Syndrome and Devaluing Books in Academic Sociology

By Daniel Nehring | Published: November 18, 2018

Is scholarship that doesn't appear in the Social Science Citation Index -- a commercial index of ‘internationally leading’ journals in the social sciences, compiled by Clarivate Analytics -- worthless? Before you say 'Of course not,' know that some universities essentially are saying yes.

Posted in Communication, Higher Education Reform, Impact | Also tagged East Asia, Publication Concerns, Sociology | Leave a comment

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