Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has launched a groundbreaking new Center tasked with examining and advancing the evaluation of research across all fields of knowledge production.
The International Center for the Study of Research (ICSR) will work closely with the research community to review and develop the use of qualitative and quantitative metrics of research evaluation to create a more transparent and robust approach to research assessment.
The mission of the ICSR will be to encourage the examination of research using arrays of metrics and qualitative and quantitative methods, rather than favoring one-size-fits-all approaches. Through its work the Center will seek to further the understanding of the sociological and technological factors that underpin the conduct of modern research, providing a forum for debating research evaluation alongside testing new hypotheses and fresh ideas.
The Center will draw on the interconnected disciplines of research evaluation, bibliometrics and scientometrics, science of science, science and technology studies, and the science of team science.
The ICSR's advisory board members are taken from all corners of the academic world and are experts in research metrics, indicators and research assessment practices.
The ICSR Advisory Board is charged with providing expert input on developing, characterising and validating new and existing research metrics, indicators and research assessment practices; advising on the selection of independent, external studies on topics within this scope to be supported; and ad-hoc assessment and guidance on other matters of relevance to the ICSR.
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