Scholarly behaviour and evaluation criteria: Uncovering the superficial characteristics that lead to higher citations

Van Wesel, Maarten (2015) Scholarly behaviour and evaluation criteria: Uncovering the superficial characteristics that lead to higher citations. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (20 Apr 2015). Website.

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Do scholars adjust their publication behaviour depending on the criteria used in their evaluation? Maarten van Wesel presents findings showing how the publishing behaviour of scholars changed when evaluation switched from emphasising ‘publish-or-perish’ to impact factors. Whilst this may suggest a shift from quantity to quality, the number of citations a paper receives not only depends on its scholarly value, but also on seemingly superficial characteristics of a paper.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2017 11:37
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 23:56
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70612

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