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Testing Novel Quantitative Indicators of Research 'Quality', Esteem and 'User Engagement': An Economics Pilot Study

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Donovan, Claire; Butler, Linda

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Applying 'standard' publication and citation measures to the social sciences is fast becoming an outmoded practice, yet we have still to develop credible quantitative alternatives to inform research evaluation exercises. This paper reports the outcomes of a comparative pilot study of five Australian economics departments which tested data produced using novel bibliometric, esteem, and 'user engagement' measures. The results were presented to a group of expert peers drawn from the economics...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorDonovan, Claire
dc.contributor.authorButler, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:30:43Z
dc.identifier.issn0958-2029
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/22440
dc.description.abstractApplying 'standard' publication and citation measures to the social sciences is fast becoming an outmoded practice, yet we have still to develop credible quantitative alternatives to inform research evaluation exercises. This paper reports the outcomes of a comparative pilot study of five Australian economics departments which tested data produced using novel bibliometric, esteem, and 'user engagement' measures. The results were presented to a group of expert peers drawn from the economics groups studied. There was support for developing some novel bibliometric indicators and 'user engagement' measures, but esteem indicators were roundly rejected.
dc.publisherBeech Tree Publishing
dc.sourceResearch Evaluation
dc.titleTesting Novel Quantitative Indicators of Research 'Quality', Esteem and 'User Engagement': An Economics Pilot Study
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume16
dc.date.issued2007
local.identifier.absfor160511 - Research, Science and Technology Policy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9008501xPUB21
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationDonovan, Claire, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationButler, Linda, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage231
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage242
local.identifier.doi10.3152/095820207X257030
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T10:08:27Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-41449117895
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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