The evaluation of research excellence and the dynamics of knowledge production in the humanities: The case of history in Spain
| Autor: | Immaculada Vilardell, Carmen Corona, Carlos Benito-Amat, Carolina Cañibano |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Research evaluation
History Public Administration media_common.quotation_subject Prestige 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 050109 social psychology Plan (drawing) Management Monitoring Policy and Law Public administration 050905 science studies Knowledge production State (polity) Excellence Dynamics (music) Political science 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Christian ministry Academic quality 0509 other social sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| ISSN: | 1471-5430 0302-3427 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/scipol/scy025 |
| Popis: | This article addresses how the progressive development of a strong research evaluation system in Spain has affected research practices in two highly prestigious university departments in History. Our research finds that researchers perceive that evaluation mechanisms relying on bibliometric indicators pressure them to publish more and to publish in international indexed journals. Researchers feel the time available to develop their research before publishing their results has been reduced, which does not allow them to address research questions with the former rigour and to fully exploit information sources. The pressure is also perceived as an obstacle to conceiving long-term intellectual projects. The strong evaluation culture and its accompanying mechanisms are thus perceived as directly undermining the fundamental pillars on which the academic prestige of these departments was built, namely originality, scientific rigour and methodological innovations. The Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness provided the funding to perform this research in the framework of the Spanish State Plan for R&D and as part of the project ‘Prest-Ence Spain: the Spanish University from Prestige to Excellence. An international comparison’ (Grant Number: CSO2013-45377-P). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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