Workshop sulla valutazione e la ricerca "RobinBa: The role of books in non-bibliometric areas"

Università di Macerata

Current evaluation practice continues to place journal articles as the main indicator for academic excellence. However, whilst this may be true in some scientific disciplines, other dissemination channels, notably books and book chapters, are important vectors for research outputs. Although the major bibliometric databases have moved forward to include proceedings and books, the place of these published works in the evaluation process, whether quantitative or qualitative, remains far from clear.