Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact: History, Practices, and Policy Development
- ISBN-10
- 1787563898
- ISBN-13
- 9781787563896
- 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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