Gaming the Metrics

How the increasing reliance on metrics to evaluate scholarly publications has produced new forms of academic fraud and misconduct. The traditional academic imperative to “publish or perish” is increasingly coupled with the newer necessity of “impact or perish”—the requirement that a publication have...

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Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	The MIT Press 2022
Subjects:	gaming metric citation misconduct manipulation academic research gaming metrics peer review impact factor fraud fake predatory publishing impact assessment citation index open access journal impact factor JIF scholarly communication research evaluation publication pressure publish or perish education policy spam computer-generated articles altmetric data quality performance indicators bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMN Universities bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education::JNKD Examinations & assessment bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general::GPJ Coding theory & cryptology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JND Educational systems and structures::JNDH Education: examinations and assessment thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general::GPJ Coding theory and cryptology
Online Access:	ONIX_20220221_9780262356565_95
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