The Effects of Ready to Use Bibliometric Indicators

Lorna Elizabeth Wildgaard

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Abstract

‘Ready to use’ bibliometric indicators are being used by end users as never before. Administrators and evaluators for assessment purposes, whereas researchers add indicators to their CV in a competitive move to show visibility in the academic community. ‘Ready to use’ indicators are important as they provide researchers with the opportunity to evaluate the effect of their own published works before being evaluated by others. The numerical values of these indicators have personal significance to the individual as they can be interpreted as criteria of success or failure, therefore the bibliometric community must investigate the psychological
effects of ‘ready to use’ indicator
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdatosep. 2014
Antal sider5
StatusUdgivet - sep. 2014

Bibliografisk note

Poster paper published in the Proceedings of the Science and Technology Indicators 2014, 3-5th September Leiden. Published by the University of Leiden, CWTS 2014

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