Paper by Peter Jacso Univ of Hawaii

[Eugene Garfield]

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TITLE:          Pragmatic issues in calculating and comparing the

                quantity and quality of research through rating and
ranking of

                researchers based on peer reviews and bibliometric
indicators from Web of

                Science, Scopus and Google Scholar (Article, English)

AUTHOR:         Jacso, P  email: jacso at hawaii.edu

SOURCE:         ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 34 (6). 2010. p.972-982

                EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, BINGLEY

 

SEARCH TERM(S):  CRONIN B  rauth;

                 HIRSCH JE          P NATL ACAD SCI USA   102:16569
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KEYWORDS:       Research; Peer review; Quality indicators

KEYWORDS+:       RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE; H-INDEX; CITATION COUNTS;

                OF-SCIENCE; INFORMATION-SCIENCE; LIS FACULTY; LIBRARY;

                IMPACT; CONS; PROS

 

ABSTRACT:       Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the

findings of two recently published papers (Norris and Oppenheim, 2003;

and Li et al., 2010).

 

Design/methodology/approach The findings were analyzed from the

practitioner's perspective about the procedures involved in calculating

the indicator values and the ranks and ratings. This was done with the

purpose of playing the devil's advocate, contemplating the reservations

and arguments of those who do not want to use metrics based on database

searches.

 

Findings One advantage of this project is that its results can be

compared at least partially with the findings of the three earlier RAEs

(although its grade classes have changed), as well as with some of the

other ranking lists in library and information management areas.

 

Originality/value Very importantly, the authors concluded that "it would

be premature in the extreme to suggest that citation-based indicators

could be used as a cost-effective alternative to expert judgments". This

is a strong, very realistic and fair statement. Even this recent

project's results are very valuable in spite of the problems mentioned.

 

AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Jacso, Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA

   ISSN: 1468-4527

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