Research Assessment in the Humanities : : Towards Criteria and Procedures.

• Author: Ochsner, Michael.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hug, Sven E.; Daniel, Hans-Dieter.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016.; ©2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Research Assessment in the Humanities: Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Structure of the Book -- 3 Synopsis, Outlook and Acknowledgements -- References -- Part I Setting Sail into Stormy Waters -- The `Mesurer les Performances de la Recherche' Project of the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS) and Its Further Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Making a Variety of Research Visible -- 2.1 What Should We Evaluate in Research? -- 2.2 For What Purpose Should We Evaluate Research? -- 2.3 How Should We Evaluate Research? -- 2.4 Evaluation, Quality and Mission -- 3 The `Mesurer les Performances de la Recherche' Project -- 4 The `Performances de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines et Sociales' Programme -- References -- Yes We Should -- Research Assessment in the Humanities -- References -- How Quality Is Recognized by Peer Review Panels: The Case of the Humanities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Role of Informal Rules -- 3 The Impact of Evaluation Settings on Rules -- 4 Defining Originality -- 5 What Is an Original Approach? -- 6 Comparing the Humanities, History and the Social Sciences -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Humanities Scholars' Conceptions of Research Quality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Framework -- 2.1 The Four Main Reservations About Tools and Procedures for Research Evaluation -- 2.2 The Four Pillars of Our Framework to Develop Sustainable Quality Criteria -- 2.3 The Implementation of the Framework: The Design of the Project `Developing and Testing Quality Criteria for Research in the Humanities' -- 3 Notions of Quality: The Repertory Grid Interviews -- 4 Consensual Quality Criteria: The Delphi Survey -- 5 Discussion: Notions of Quality at the Base of Assessment -- 6 Conclusion -- References.

Part II The Current State of Quality-Based Publication Rankings and Publication Databases -- The ESF Scoping Project `Towards a Bibliometric Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities' -- References -- Publication-Based Funding: The Norwegian Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Component A: Delimitation and Collection of Data -- 3 Component B: Comparable Measurement -- 4 Component C: Incentives and Funding -- 5 Evaluations of Effects and Experiences -- 6 Discussion: The Norwegian Model from the Perspective of the Humanities -- References -- Assessment of Journal &amp -- Book Publishers in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Spain -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Evaluation in Social Sciences and Humanities in Spain -- 3 Spanish Social Sciences and Humanities Journals' Indicators -- 4 Book Publishers Assessment -- 5 Publisher's Prestige -- 5.1 Scholarly Publishers Indicators -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- European Educational Research Quality Indicators (EERQI): An Experiment -- 1 General Outline: The EERQI Project -- 1.1 Motivation -- 1.2 The EERQI-Project -- 2 What EERQI Achieved -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Bibliometrics in the Humanities -- Beyond Coverage: Toward a Bibliometrics for the Humanities -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Humanities -- 2 Bibliometric on the Humanities: A Short Recapitulation -- 2.1 Publication Patterns -- 2.2 Citing of Sources -- 2.3 The Language and Age of Cited Sources -- 3 In Pursuit of a Bibliometric for the Humanities -- 3.1 Book Citation Index -- 3.2 Non-source Items -- 3.3 Google Scholar, Google Book Search -- 3.4 Ad Hoc Databases -- 3.5 Library Catalogues -- 3.6 Book Reviews -- 3.7 Counting and Weighing Publications -- 3.8 Altmetric Approaches -- 4 Intellectual Organization of Research Fields and Its Bibliometric Consequences -- 4.1 Fragmented and Rural Research Fields.

4.2 Referencing Practices and Citation Patterns -- 5 Conclusions -- 5.1 Challenges -- References -- Quotation Statistics and Culture in Literature and in Other Humanist Disciplines -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Quotation Culture in the Humanities -- 2.1 Characteristics of Quotations in the Humanities -- 2.2 Disapproval of Bibliometrics and of `Quantities' Per se -- 2.3 The European Reference Index for the Humanities -- 2.4 Rigor and Quotations -- 3 Low Quotation Frequencies in Literature -- 3.1 Materials and Methods -- 3.2 Results -- 3.3 Possible Objections -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Part IV Evaluation of Research in the Humanities in Practice -- Peer Review in the Social Sciences and Humanities at the European Level: The Experiences of the European Research Council -- 1 The European Research Council's Mission -- 1.1 How Does the ERC Work? -- 1.2 European Added Value -- 2 Why Social Sciences and Humanities? -- 2.1 An Inclusive Approach -- 2.2 ERC Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities -- 3 What Are the Results? -- 4 Outlook -- References -- The Four `I's: Quality Indicators for the Humanities -- 1 Ranking Fever in Germany -- 2 The Reaction of the Humanities to the Ranking Fever -- 3 Quantity Instead of Quality: Current Methods of `Quality Assessment' -- 4 Quality Assessment within a Discipline: The Evaluation Culture in the Humanities -- 5 What Is Quality in the Humanities? Looking Back -- 6 The Critical Self-image of the Humanities -- 7 Quality Indicators: The Four `I's -- 8 Closing Remarks -- References -- Bottom Up from the Bottom: A New Outlook on Research Evaluation for the SSH in France -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Need for Evaluation in the Post-`loi LRU' Period -- 2.1 Human Resources -- 2.2 Funding -- 2.3 The National Grant System -- 3 Current Practices and Levels of Evaluation -- 4 DisValHum and IMPRESHS Projects.

5 Initial Outcomes -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part V The ‘Forschungsrating’ of the German Council of Science and Humanities. Risks and Opportunities for the Humanities: The Case of the Anglistik/Amerikanistik Pilot Study -- Rating Research Performance in the Humanities: An Interim Report on an Initiative of the German Wissenschaftsrat -- References -- `21 Grams': Interdisciplinarity and the Assessment of Quality in the Humanities -- 1 Rating Research: Who Needs It, and What Is It Good For? (by Klaus Stiersdorfer) -- 2 `Weighing the Soul' of the Humanities (by Peter Schneck) -- Research Rating Anglistik/Amerikanistik of the German Council of Science and Humanities -- 1 Research Rating in English and American Studies (by Veronika Khlavna and Alfred Hornung) -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Procedural Steps -- 1.3 Criteria -- 1.4 Conclusion and Outlook -- 2 Chairing the Research Rating of Anglistik/Amerikanistik (by Alfred Hornung) -- 3 Quo Vadis Anglistik? On Rating a Disintegrating Academic Field (by Barbara Korte) -- References -- Research Assessment in a Philological Discipline: Criteria and Rater Reliability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assessing Research Quality in English Departments: Methods and Procedures -- 3 Reliability of the Ratings -- 3.1 Rater Reliability -- 3.2 Rating Variation Across Different Criteria -- 4 Rating Categories: What Do They Really Tell Us? -- 4.1 Criteria -- 4.2 Rating Dimensions -- 5 Summary and Discussion -- References.