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Title:
Defining and Measuring Research Impact in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Arts in the Digital Age

Authors:
Kenyon, T

Author Full Names:
Kenyon, Tina

Source:
KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION, 41 (3):249-257; 2014 

Language:
English

Document Type:
Article

Author Keywords:
research, impact, measures, citation, disciplines, researchers

Abstract: 
There are powerful reasons for and against researchers taking the lead
in formulating research impact measures for disciplines in the
humanities, social sciences and creative arts (HSSCA). On balance, the
reasons in favour are stronger, not least because such measures are
otherwise apt to be formulated badly by those with little expertise.
This invites us to inquire about the sorts of measures would best apply
to HSSCA disciplines (among others), and whether some of the more
popular impact measures, such as citation indices, really are reasonable
indicators of impact or quality in these domains. It also raises
questions about how burgeoning modes of research, knowledge
mobilization, and impact tracking in the digital domain play into HSSCA
research measures. On reflection, empirically adequate and
arithmetically meaningful HSSCA impact measures will be pluralistic,
non-reductive, and highly context-dependent; they are unlikely to lend
themselves to the current pseudoscience of single-dimensional ordinal
rankings between research institutions. Nevertheless they may support
comparisons of interesting sorts, and enable assessments for
accountability and planning purposes.

Addresses:
Univ Waterloo, Dept Philosophy, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada. 

E-mail Addresses:
tkenyon at uwaterloo.ca

Cited Reference Count:
16

Times Cited:
0

Publisher:
ERGON-VERLAG, GROMBUHLSTR 7, 97080 WURZBURG, GERMANY

ISSN:
0943-7444

Web of Science Categories:
Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:
Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:
AK9OM

Unique ID: 
WOS:000338756400007

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