The Institute for Scientific Information, the 'university' of Web of Science Group has launched its Global Research Reports - a new series of publications aimed at those who deal with research in academia, corporations, publishers and governments to inform, to stimulate debate and to demonstrate the rich information potential of research data.
The first Global Research Report, 'Profiles not Metrics' draws attention to the information that is lost when data about researchers and their institutions are squeezed into simplified metrics or a league table. Research is not one-dimensional: the process is complex and no two projects are identical. Yet, to the dismay of many, the global research community is surrounded by analyses that claim to measure relative performance among people, publications and organizations, disregarding the counter arguments offered by informed analysts.
Interested parties may download the report here: https://clarivate.com/g/profiles-not-metrics/.
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