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Is the fear of metrics symptomatic of a deeper malaise? On fiefdoms and scapegoats of the academic community.

Fuller, Steve (2014) Is the fear of metrics symptomatic of a deeper malaise? On fiefdoms and scapegoats of the academic community. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (25 Jun 2014). Website.

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Abstract

This Monday marks the end of the open consultation for HEFCE’s Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment. Steve Fuller expands on his submission and also responds to other prominent critiques offered. He argues that academics, especially interdisciplinary scholars, should welcome the opportunity to approach the task of citation differently. Whilst many complain of the high citation rates of bad scholarship, Fuller wonders if this is a problem of research metrics or of the inability to define a coherent ideal of progressive scholarship.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information: © 2014 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Date Deposited: 29 Mar 2017 10:14
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:25
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/71341

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