The Evaluation of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities: Lessons from the Italian Experience

ISBN 10: 3319685538 / ISBN 13: 9783319685533

Published by Springer, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Evaluation of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities: Lessons from the Italian Experience
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319685538
• ISBN 13: 9783319685533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This book examines very important issues in research evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities. It is based on recent experiences carried out in Italy (2011-2015) in the fields of research assessment, peer review, journal classification, and construction of indicators, and presents a systematic review of theoretical issues influencing the evaluation of Social Sciences and Humanities. Several chapters analyse original data made available through research assessment exercises. Other chapters are the result of dedicated and independent research carried out in 2014-2015 aimed at addressing some of the debated and open issues, for example in the evaluation of books, the use of Library Catalog Analysis or Google Scholar, the definition of research quality criteria on internationalization, as well as opening the way to innovative indicators. The book is therefore a timely and important contribution to the international debate.

About the Author

Professor Bonaccorsi is an applied economist with a strong record of publications in the fields of economics of science, higher education, and quantitative research evaluation. He has pioneered the field of microdata on European higher education institutions (HEIs), started with the Aquameth and Eumida projects and culminated in the ETER platform, supported by Eurostat and DG EAC for the disaggregated analysis of individual HEIs in Europe.

He has been member of the RISE expert group, the leading group of economists supporting the European Commissioner for Research. He has been member of the Board of ANVUR in the period 2011-2015.