Bibliometrics: Use and abuse in the review of research performance

[Engels Tim]

Readers of this list might be interested in the book

Bibliometrics: Use and abuse in the review of research performance
Editors Wim Blockmans, Lars Engwall & Denis Weaire
Wenner-Gren International Series, volume 87, Portland Press, 2014, ISBN 9781855781955.
All contributions are available online http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/default.htm

TOC:
Part 1: Basic Considerations
1
Bibliometrics: issues and context<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0001/0870001.pdf>
Lars Engwall, Wim Blockmans and Denis Weaire
1-7
2
Science, problem-solving and bibliometrics<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0009/0870009.pdf>
Giuseppe Longo
9-15
Part II: Instruments of Measurement
3
Advances in bibliometric analysis: research performance assessment and science mapping<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0017/0870017.pdf>
Anthony F.J. van Raan
17-28
4
Measuring research impact: not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0029/0870029.pdf>
Jane Grimson
29-41
Part III: Indicators for Rankings
5
Scientific performance indicators: a critical appraisal and a country-by-country analysis<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0043/0870043.pdf>
Michel Gevers
43-53
6
Research evaluation: improvisation or science?<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0055/0870055.pdf>
Giovanni Abramo and Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
55-63
7
How global comparisons matter: the 'truths' of international rankings<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0065/0870075.pdf>
Linda Wedlin
65-75
Part IV: Journals, Editors and Publishers
8
Metrics and evaluation in publishing<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0077/0870077.pdf>
Nicola Gulley
77-83
9
The value and accuracy of key figures in scientific evaluations<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0085/0870085.pdf>
Jan Reedijk
85-93
10
On the quality of quality assessments<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0095/0870095.pdf>
Lars Engwall
95-106
Part V: Bibliometrics in the Humanities and Social Sciences
11
Bibliometrics: use and abuse in the humanities<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0107/0870107.pdf>
Milena Žic Fuchs
107-116
12
The objectives, design and selection process of the Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW)<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0117/0870117.pdf>
Frederik Verleysen, Pol Ghesquiére and Tim Engels
117-127
13
The use of indicators in French universities<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0129/0870129.pdf>
Stéphanie Chatelain-Ponroy, Stéphanie Mignot-Gérard, Christine Musselin and Samuel Sponem
129-141
Part VI: Conclusions
14
Science as big business<http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/wg87/087/0143/0870143.pdf>
Wim Blockmans, Lars Engwall and Denis Weaire
143-150

Best regards, Tim

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