Research Assessment in the Humanities : : Towards Criteria and Procedures.
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Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016. ©2016. |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
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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 &
- 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.