Gaming the Metrics: Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mario Biagioli (Editor), Alexandra Lippman (Editor)Series:InfrastructuresPublish date:2020-01-28Pages:306
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262537933ISBN-10:262537931UPC:9780262537933Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, EducationBook Subcategory:Publishers & Publishing Industry, Schools, Evaluation & AssessmentBook Topic:LevelsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCSN2KZK4Q
Gaming the Metrics: Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research
How the increasing reliance on metrics to evaluate scholarly publications has produced new forms of academic fraud and misconduct.
The traditional academic imperative to "publish or perish" is increasingly coupled with the newer necessity of "impact or perish"--the requirement that a publication have "impact," as measured by a variety of metrics, including citations, views, and downloads. Gaming...
Series: Infrastructures
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262537933ISBN-10:262537931UPC:9780262537933Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, EducationBook Subcategory:Publishers & Publishing Industry, Schools, Evaluation & AssessmentBook Topic:LevelsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCSN2KZK4Q
Mario Biagioli is Distinguished Professor of Law and Communication at the University of California, Los Angeles. Yves Gingras is Professor and Canada Research Chair in History and Sociology of Science, Department of History, at Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al. Paul Wouters is Professor of Scientometrics and Director of the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University. James R....
Publisher: MIT Press
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