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    Misfits? Research classification in research evaluation: visualizing journal content within fields of research codes

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    Authors
    Haddow, Gaby
    Noyons, E.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Haddow, Gaby and Noyons, Ed. 2013. Misfits? Research classification in research evaluation: visualizing journal content within fields of research codes, in Gorraiz, J. and others (ed), Proceedings of 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference, Jul 15-19 2013, pp. 1210-1224. Vienna: Austrian Institute of Technology.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of ISSI 2013
    Source Conference
    14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference
    ISBN
    978-3-200-03135-7
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7001
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The Australian research evaluation model uses a classification scheme to assign Fields of Research (FoRs) to individual researchers and journals, and to define assessment panels. Eligible journals for assessment are listed and assigned between one and three FoR codes. A high proportion of journals in the list of over 22,000 titles are assigned a single FoR code only. This paper explores the implications of classifying research outputs using the FoR code mechanisms. Eight datasets of title and abstract data from journals assigned a single FoR were mapped using VOSviewer. Four of the datasets were in science fields and the other four were humanities and social sciences fields. The maps and extracted terms for each journal set were examined for overlap with other FoRs. Sizeable overlaps with other FoR codes were observed in the content of three of the sciences fields’ datasets. Weaker overlaps with other FoR codes were found in the humanities and social sciences datasets. The findings suggest that the assignment of FoR codes to journals has the potential to disadvantage researchers and their organisational units.

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