Qualitative Scientometrics

When scientometricians are asked about the relationship between citations and quality, they often argue along the lines that citations could be seen as indicators of use and that that this implies usefulness and impact on other research, which in turn is an argument for using them as indicators of quality. This paper questions the implicit linearity of such a ‘one-dimensional model’ of representing quality by quantity from a number of standpoints. First, the use of citations as well as any indicator that is used is performative in the sense that those getting measured by them, i.e. researchers or university administrators, will adapt their behavior to perform well on the scales that are used, either for recognition or for monetary reward. Second, equating citation counts with quality might imply a notion that they scale together such that low citation rates equals low quality and that a high rate implies high quality. Third, and most important, drawing from theories in STS it could be argued that scientometric indicators and measures of scientific achievement are co-produced, in the sense that development of performance based or results based indicators and what is to be regarded as high quality will be found to increasingly coincide with each other as a consequence of the performative idiom mentioned above. It is suggested that more work on the qualitative aspects of scientometric data and is called for

Туристическая индустрия в Беларуси: регионально-национальные особенности

Материалы II междунар. науч. конф., 23-24 мая 2001 г. - Гомель, 2001. - С. 118-119

Моделирование затухающих колебаний в дисках перекрытий, возникающих в структуре каркасного здания

Материалы XV Междунар. науч.-техн. конф. студентов, аспирантов и молодых ученых, Гомель, 23–24 апр. 2015 г

Citeringens praktiker – Det vetenskapliga publicerandet som teori, metod och forskningspolitik

The thesis investigates the scientific citation and its various functions in the scientific community and develops it as a tool for research in theory of science, scientometrics and science studies. Through empirical and theoretical studies that utilize both quali-tative and quantitative methods the citation’s history, method, as well as its use in research policy is examined. Through a historical study the thesis shows three stages of development as re-quired for the construction of the citation as an indicator of intrinsic aspects of sci-ence. These consisted of a) citations as technology, within the citation index, b) the citation as a research method as theorised within Mertonian sociology of science, and c) the citation as a research subject. Following this the “citation debate” in Science and Technology Studies (STS) is described and analysed, which questions the use of gen-eralized quantitative methods. Inspired by an STS approach a performative model of “the mangle of the citation practice” is developed. This aims to understand the cita-tion existing in a context where researchers, articles and the citation index are mutu-ally creating and recreating each other. The thesis uses the HistCite scientometrics tool to develop a novel methodology that highlights local dynamics of citation prac-tices between scientific authors and texts using a visual approach of identifying pat-terns of citations in graphic representations of articles and their citation patterns. For this a “citation typology” is created to identify specific patterns and phenomenon in HistCite graphic representations. The last empirical study is of the introduction of quantitatively based performance-based models for funding of research in Norwegian and Swedish research policy 2003-2010 which problematizes the part played by the citation in a research policy setting as “unobtrusive” indicators of scientific practice. The thesis demonstrates the significance of the citation in research through its de-sign as a reflection of the scientific reference, and result of it being constructed – and used – as an indicator of scientific quality. Furthermore, it shows an emerging awareness in the scientific community that quantifiable indicators of scientific achievement – of which the citation is perhaps the main element – has gained a prominent role in both internal and external domains of scientific practice

Metodologiska överväganden för att identifiera tvivelaktig publicering i nationellt sammanhang - fallet med svenska högskolor - data

The overall scope of this study is an attempt at a methodological framework for matching publication lists at the national level against a combined set of blacklists for questionable publishing. Using the total verified set of publications from Swedish Higher Education Institutions (HEI) as a case, we examined the number, distribution, and proportion of publishing in questionable journals at the national level. Supplemental data, as well as the raw matched data so that tables and figures in the article can be reproduced. Additionally, a list of all matched outlets, along with the total number of matched articles are presented here. Publication data is matched at journal level against HEIs. No article ids are provided in the data set. Supplemental data, as well as the raw matched data so that tables and figures in this article can be reproduced.Studiens övergripande syfte är att skapa en metodologiskt ramverk för att matcha publikationslistor på nationell nivå mot en kombinerad uppsättning svartlistor för misstänkt tvivelaktig publicering. Med hjälp av den totala verifierade uppsättningen av publikationer från svenska högskolor som fall undersökte vi antalet, fördelningen och andelen publicering i misstänkt tvivelaktiga tidskrifter på nationell nivå. Kompletterande data, liksom råmatchade data så att tabeller och figurer i artikeln kan reproduceras tillgängliggörs här. Vidare presenteras en lista över alla matchade publikationskanaler, tillsammans med det totala antalet matchade artiklar. Publikationsdata matchas på tidskriftsnivå mot författarnas lärosätestillhörighet. Inga artikel-id finns i datauppsättningen. Underliggande data för att producera tabeller och figurer i studien

”Akademisk frihet kräver någon form av ansvar”

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Replik: Larhammar svartmålar öppen vetenskap

Vad som behövs är ett starkare etos i forskarsamhället där vi i stället för att räkna pinnar erkänner att sakkunniggranskning handlar om att bedöma kvalitet. Det skriver Gustaf Nelhans, lektor i Biblioteks och informationsvetenskap, i en replik till Dan Larhammar