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Productivity and citation impact tool is no longer an effective measure of scientific reputation, according to new analysis
Nature - The University of Liverpool is planning to make lay-offs on the basis of controversial measures. How should the global movement for responsible research respond?
Nature - Faculty and staff members at Utrecht University will be evaluated by their commitment to open science.
David Whyte from the University of Liverpool thinks his institution is making a mockery of established standards in research metrics. In this post he breaks down why he thinks so and how this could…
Nature - Big data bibliometrics must take into account qualitative analyses of research as a social institution, rooted in history, economics and politics.
As markets began to usurp other forms of social regulation throughout the 20th century, metrics became increasingly central to the coordination of new spheres of market-mediated relations.
"Severe unintended negative consequences."
Group invents character as form of protest, but ethicists say campaign is misguided
Nature - South African incentive programme has attracted criticism for encouraging unethical behaviour.
Then there are the counterfeiters.
Citations are often used as a metric of the impact of scientific publications. Here, we examine how the number of downloads from Sci-hub as well as various characteristics of publications and...
Clarivate’s logo More than 70% of the citations in one journal were to other papers in that journal. Another published a single paper that cited nearly 200 other articles in the journal. Now,…
A zine by Rigoberto Lara Guzmán and Sareeta Amrute