"L’ensemble de la communauté scientifique réclame depuis plusieurs années des indicateurs fiables permettant de mesurer les répercussions de la recherche. La ferveur inégalée autour de la mesure de l’influence de la recherche, combinée avec les nouveaux modes de diffusion des co…
The question of how to quantify the impact and value of research looms large in the minds of academics, policy makers, academic administrators, and scientists. Measuring Research: What Everyone Needs to Know? will provide, for the first time, an accessible account of these proce…
Policy makers, academic administrators, scholars, and members of the public are clamoring for indicators of the value and reach of research. The question of how to quantify the impact and importance of research and scholarly output, from the publication of books and journal arti…
"Policy makers, academic administrators, scholars, and members of the public are clamoring for indicators of the value and reach of research. The question of how to quantify the impact and importance of research and scholarly output, from the publication of books and journal art…
Data analytics and scientometrics : the emergence of research analytics / Francisco J. Cantú-Ortiz -- The web of science database / Joshua Schnell, David Pendlebury and James Testa -- A brief history of scopus : the world's largest abstract and citation database of scientific li…
"Scientific knowledge is doubling every 10 to 15 years worldwide. Who generates this knowledge? Where is all this information stored? How is it being utilized? What are the main metrics for its use? What kind of impact is this knowledge having aside from economic considerations?…
"Technology is not just limited to technology companies, it impacts sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and security. In the last few decades, countries, too, have started developing technologies or integrating technologies into their systems. As a result, all countries, re…
"Technology is not just limited to technology companies, it impacts sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and security. In the last few decades, countries, too, have started developing technologies or integrating technologies into their systems. As a result, all countries, re…
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The goal of any research assessment is to evaluate the value or quality of the research in comparison to other research. As quality is highly subjective and difficult to measure, citations are used as a proxy. Citations are an important part of scholarly communication and a sign…
