Cognitive Distances between Evaluators and Evaluees in Research Evaluation: A Comparison between Three Informetric Methods at the Journal and Subject Category Aggregation Level

This article compares six informetric approaches to determine cognitive distances between the publications of panel members (PMs) and those of research groups in discipline-specific research evaluation. We used data collected in the framework of six completed research evaluations from the period 200...

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Main Authors: A. I. M. Jakaria Rahman, Raf Guns, Ronald Rousseau, Tim C. E. Engels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frma.2017.00006/full