Overview

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current developments, issues and good practices regarding assessment in social science research. It pays particular attention to the challenges in evaluation policies in the social sciences, as well as to the specificities of publishing in the area. The Handbook discusses the current societal challenges facing researchers, from digital societies, to climate change and sustainability, to trust in democratic societies. Chapters provide ways to strengthen research assessment in the social sciences for the better, by offering a diverse range of experiences and views of experts from all continents. The Handbook also outlines major data sources that can be used to assess social sciences research, as well as looking at key dimensions of research quality in the social sciences including journal peer review, the issue of identifying research quality, and gender disparities in social science research. This book will be an essential read for scholars interested in research assessment in the social sciences. It will also be useful to policy makers looking to understand the key position of the social sciences in science and society and provide appropriate frameworks for key societal challenges.

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Author:   Tim C.E. Engels ,  Emanuel Kulczycki
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.068kg
ISBN:  

9781800372542

ISBN 10:   180037254
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   19 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1 Introduction: Research assessment in the social sciences 1 Tim C.E. Engels and Emanuel Kulczycki 2 A tribute to Puay Tang, Judit Bar-Ilan and Paul Benneworth 7 Stefan P. L. de Jong PART I DIMENSIONS OF RESEARCH QUALITY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES 3 An epistemic approach to research assessment in the social sciences 14 Andrea Bonaccorsi 4 Identifying research quality in the social sciences 48 Michael Ochsner 5 Efficacy, efficiency, and models of journal peer review: the known and unknown in the social sciences 67 Marco Seeber 6 Gender research in academia: a closer look at variables 83 Alesia A. Zuccala and Gemma Derrick 7 Open science and open access publishing in social sciences 105 Mikael Laakso 8 Assessing interdisciplinary research in the social sciences: are we on the right track? 119 Joshua Eykens PART II DATA SOURCES FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 9 The bright and dark sides of national databases for research output 136 Linda Sīle 10 Using research metrics in support of assessing social sciences research performance: a comparison of major bibliographic systems 148 Thed van Leeuwen 11 Google Scholar as a data source for research assessment in the social sciences 162 Güleda Doğan 12 Current research evaluation topics in social sciences 181 Zehra Taşkın 13 Social media and altmetrics 196 Sanam Ebrahimzadeh, Juan Pablo Alperin and Stefanie Haustein 14 Journal evaluation systems: evolution and practices in China’s social sciences 211 Ying Huang, Ruinan Li, Xiaoting Liu and Lin Zhang PART III PUBLISHING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 15 The use of bibliometrics in assessments of social scientists 231 Gunnar Sivertsen 16 Publishing in the social sciences and its representation in research evaluation and funding systems 238 Gunnar Sivertsen 17 Journal lists in social sciences and the spectrum of quality standards 262 Raf Guns and Marek Hołowiecki 18 Open access and research assessment in the social sciences 278 Janne Pölönen and Mikael Laakso 19 Towards proper evaluation of book publishing in social sciences 295 Elea Giménez Toledo, Nataša Jermen, and Gunnar Sivertsen PART IV CHALLENGES IN EVALUATION POLICIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES 20 Between the traditional, the neo-liberal and the open university: early career investigators caught in the triple bind of academic career requirements 316 Marc Vanholsbeeck 21 Challenges of reporting societal impacts for research evaluation purposes—the case of sociology 335 Reetta Muhonen and Silje Tellmann 22 Multilingualism of social sciences 350 Emanuel Kulczycki, Tim C.E. Engels and Janne Pölönen 23 The challenges for research evaluation ethics in the social sciences 367 Aldis Gedutis, Maria Teresa Biagetti and Lai Ma 24 Engaging stakeholders to induce societal innovation 386 Jack Spaapen and Ad Prins 25 Social science research making an impact on public decision-making 403 Kimberley R. Isett and Diana Hicks PART V ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PRACTICE 26 National research evaluation systems and the social sciences 416 Michael Ochsner and Ginevra Peruginelli 27 Research assessment in Australia: journal ranking, research classification and ratings 434 Gaby Haddow 28 Assessment of the social sciences in China 451 Lin Zhang, Mengting Sun, Ying Huang and Gunnar Sivertsen 29 Producing knowledge in Latin America: social sciences research assessment with a geopolitical perspective 472 Hebe Vessuri and Leandro Rodriguez-Medina 30 Assessment of law journals in Croatia, Italy and Spain 491 Ginevra Peruginelli, Jadranka Stojanovski, Elias Sanz-Casado and Tommaso Agnoloni 31 Evaluation of the social sciences in Norway 508 Jon Holm Index

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'The Handbook provides an overview of current developments, points of attention, specificities and good practices regarding the assessment of social sciences research, including professional communication and societal interaction. Chapters show how the evaluation and funding procedures in general can be improved to appropriately represent social science research. With the editors, I hope that this collection of chapters on research assessment in the social sciences will have a great impact and inspire researchers, evaluators, funders and policy makers worldwide.' - Ronald Rousseau, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Edited by Tim C.E. Engels, Senior Administrator, Head of Research Affairs and Innovation, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Emanuel Kulczycki, Professor of Scholarly Communication, Head of Scholarly Communication Research Group, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

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