Topics addressed in The Special Collection Scholarly Assessment   Reports on Africa include – but are not limited to:   (a): Interesting bibliometric or informetric work by bibliometricians located in Africa with policy relevance for particular African countries and policy domains (e.g., economic development, agriculture, health, environment, social relations, historical identity).  (b) The development of research and teaching assessment policies and processes in African scientific institutions, in particular countries or across all Africa, and the role of these processes in research funding.

Reports on Africa

This Special Collection covers research articles and commissioned reports with a great relevance for African academic institutions and for national assessment and funding policies.

Author Database of Standardized Citation Indicators Derived from Scopus Lacks Transparency and Suggests a False Precision

Developing a Method for Evaluating Global University Rankings

Research Performance Assessment Issues: The Case of Kazakhstan

Research

Performance-based Institutional Research Funding in Flanders, Belgium

Commissioned Reports

Using Conventional Bibliographic Databases for Social Science Research: Web of Science and Scopus are not the Only Options

An Overview of Post-Publication Peer Review

Short Communications

Appropriate Use of Metrics in Research Assessment of Autonomous Academic Institutions

The New Research Assessment Reform in China and Its Implementation

Critical Assessment of Technological Development: What Can Bibliometrics Reveal?

Bibliometrically Disciplined Peer Review: on Using Indicators in Research Evaluation

Quantification – Affordances and Limits

How Evaluative Informetrics Relates to Scientific, Socio-Historical, Political, Ethical and Personal Values

Mobility Patterns of Top Israeli Researchers

Ethical Theories in Research Evaluation: An Exploratory Approach

A Defense of Moderate Language Pluralism in Scholarly Production in the Humanities

Two Decades of Experience in Research Assessment in Italy

Two Decades of Research Assessment in Italy. Addressing the Criticisms

The Pros and Cons of the Use of Altmetrics in Research Assessment

Why Books are Important in the Scholarly Communication System in Social Sciences and Humanities

Assessing the Impact and Quality of Research Data Using Altmetrics and Other Indicators

Do Online Readerships Offer Useful Assessment Tools? Discussion Around the Practical Applications of Mendeley Readership for Scholarly Assessment

Measuring Open Access Uptake: Data Sources, Expectations, and Misconceptions

Studying Bibliometrics-Based Heuristics (BBHs): A New Research Program on the use of Bibliometrics in Research Evaluation

The Launch of the Journal Scholarly Assessment Reports

Editorials

Articles

Short Communications

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Short Communications

Commissioned Reports

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Commissioned Reports

Commissioned Reports

Commissioned Reports

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Short Communications

Commissioned Reports

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Commissioned Reports

Research

Editorials

An Overview of Post-Publication Peer Review