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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2023

Emanuel Kulczycki
Affiliation:
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
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Opening with a brief sketch of the evolution of research evaluation is followed by a description of the publication-oriented nature of academia today. The Introduction provides the necessary contextual information for investigating research evaluation systems. It then defines two critical blind spots in the contemporary literature on research evaluation systems. The first is the absence, within histories of the science of measuring and evaluating research, of the Soviet Union and post-socialist countries. This is despite the fact that these countries have played a key part in this history, from its very inception. The second relates to thinking about global differences in studies of the transformations in scholarly communication. It is stressed that the contexts in which countries confront the challenges of the publish or perish culture and questionable journals and conferences should be taken into account in discussions about them. Through its overview of diverse histories of evaluation and its identification of core issues in the literature, the chapter introduces readers to the book’s core arguments.

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The Evaluation Game
How Publication Metrics Shape Scholarly Communication
, pp. 1 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Introduction
  • Emanuel Kulczycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
  • Book: The Evaluation Game
  • Online publication: 21 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009351218.001
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  • Introduction
  • Emanuel Kulczycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
  • Book: The Evaluation Game
  • Online publication: 21 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009351218.001
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  • Introduction
  • Emanuel Kulczycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
  • Book: The Evaluation Game
  • Online publication: 21 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009351218.001
Available formats
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