Bibliometriska indikatorer som medskapare av verkligheten : Hur prestationsbaserade utvärderingssystem inverkar på samhällsvetenskapliga forskningspraktiker och vetenskapliga kommunikation
(2023) ABMM54 20231Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- The scope of this master thesis is the scientific publishing in Social Science at Lund University. By combining bibliometric studies and qualitative interviews, this thesis investigates how scholars in Social Sciences at Lund University respond to performance- based evaluation. The aim is to explore how research practices, publication patterns and disciplinary norms are affected by the increased role of bibliometric measurement in research evaluation, but also how the individual scholars use bibliometric measurement to evaluate candidates for allocation of research funds and in academic appointments. The thesis is based on the theories of disciplinary differences developed by Richard Whitley and on the theories of the evaluation society by... (More)
- The scope of this master thesis is the scientific publishing in Social Science at Lund University. By combining bibliometric studies and qualitative interviews, this thesis investigates how scholars in Social Sciences at Lund University respond to performance- based evaluation. The aim is to explore how research practices, publication patterns and disciplinary norms are affected by the increased role of bibliometric measurement in research evaluation, but also how the individual scholars use bibliometric measurement to evaluate candidates for allocation of research funds and in academic appointments. The thesis is based on the theories of disciplinary differences developed by Richard Whitley and on the theories of the evaluation society by Peter Dahler-Larsen. These theories suggest a framework based on organizational and sociological perspectives that offers ways to explain differences in publication patterns in relation to disciplinary norms in the scientific fields and how they react to evaluation.
The study is based on two empirical studies of the faculty of Social Science, the faculty of Economics and the faculty of Law. A bibliometric survey of the researcher's publication patterns has been conducted, and publications that are registered in the local publication database (LUCRIS) have been analyzed. The data was combined with an empirical evaluation of qualitative interviews with senior scientists both in their role of scientist and in their role as evaluators at the Swedish Research Council and at the teacher proposal board.
Results from the bibliometric study depicts a substantial increase in publication with scientific journal articles, monographs and book chapters being the most important publishing forms. Furthermore, it demonstrates a steady increase in the proportion of international journal publications. Many respondents remarked in the interviews that publication patterns are changing towards more international publishing and increased article publishing in scientific journals, which corresponds with the analysis of the actual publications. Overall, the respondents show great knowledge of the bibliometric indicators and how they work in relation to the fields of social science. (Less)
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- author
- Tallefors, Johanna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ABMM54 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Library and information studies, Research evaluation, Bibliometrics, Social Sciences, Research practices, Research Quality, Publication patterns, Disciplinary norms, Constitutive effects, Performance-based research funding, Academic Profession, Recruitment Processes, Candidate Evaluation, Peer Review
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9120175
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-20 13:31:36
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The study is based on two empirical studies of the faculty of Social Science, the faculty of Economics and the faculty of Law. A bibliometric survey of the researcher's publication patterns has been conducted, and publications that are registered in the local publication database (LUCRIS) have been analyzed. The data was combined with an empirical evaluation of qualitative interviews with senior scientists both in their role of scientist and in their role as evaluators at the Swedish Research Council and at the teacher proposal board.
Results from the bibliometric study depicts a substantial increase in publication with scientific journal articles, monographs and book chapters being the most important publishing forms. Furthermore, it demonstrates a steady increase in the proportion of international journal publications. Many respondents remarked in the interviews that publication patterns are changing towards more international publishing and increased article publishing in scientific journals, which corresponds with the analysis of the actual publications. Overall, the respondents show great knowledge of the bibliometric indicators and how they work in relation to the fields of social science.}},
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title = {{Bibliometriska indikatorer som medskapare av verkligheten : Hur prestationsbaserade utvärderingssystem inverkar på samhällsvetenskapliga forskningspraktiker och vetenskapliga kommunikation}},
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