Gaming the metrics : misconduct and manipulation in academic research

How the increasing reliance on metrics to evaluate scholarly publications has produced new forms of academic fraud and misconduct. The traditional academic imperative to “publish or perish” is increasingly coupled with the newer necessity of “impact or perish”—the requirement that a publication have...

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Main Authors:	Biagioli, Mario, Lippman, Alexandra
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge MIT Press 2020 The MIT Press
Edition:	1
Series:	Infrastructures
Subjects:	academic research altmetric Book Industry Communication citation citation index Coding theory & cryptology Coding theory and cryptology Communication in learning and scholarship Communication in learning and scholarship > Moral and ethical aspects computer-generated articles data quality Education education policy Education: examinations and assessment Educational systems and structures Examinations & assessment fake fraud gaming gaming metrics Higher & further education, tertiary education Higher education, tertiary education impact assessment impact factor JIF journal impact factor Learning and scholarship Learning and scholarship > Corrupt practices manipulation metric misconduct open access Organization & management of education peer review performance indicators predatory publishing publication pressure publish or perish Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects Research & information: general Research > Corrupt practices Research and information: general research evaluation scholarly communication Scholarly publishing Scholarly publishing > Corrupt practices Society & social sciences Society and Social Sciences spam Universities
ISBN:	9780262537933, 0262537931, 9780262356565, 0262356562
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