Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact: History, Practices, and Policy Development

Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact: History, Practices, and Policy Development
ISBN-10
1787563871
ISBN-13
9781787563872
Category
Education
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2018-06-26
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing
Authors
Jeffrey W. Alstete, Nicholas J. Beutell, John P. Meyer

Description

This book probes the dynamics of academic research and scholarship evaluation. Readers will learn about scholarly metric evolution, impact factors, disruptive technologies, and a myriad of forces affecting policy development at institutions through an examination of widely-used measurements and growing concerns about their influence.

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