Performance metrics
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
Scientific output varies between research fields and between disciplines within a field such as astrophysics. Even in fields where publication is the primary output, there is considerable variation in publication and hence in citation rates. Data from the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System is used to illustrate this problem and argue against a "one size fits all" approach to performance metrics, especially over the short time-span covered by the Research Assessment Exercise (soon underway in the UK).
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0612083,
title = {Performance metrics},
author = {F. P. Pijpers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0612083},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, appeared