Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftTidsskriftartikelfagfællebedømt

Standard

Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output. / Sīle, Linda; Guns, Raf; Zuccala, Alesia A.; Engels, Tim C.E.

I: Journal of Documentation, Bind 77, Nr. 5, 2021, s. 1173-1195.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftTidsskriftartikelfagfællebedømt

Harvard

Sīle, L, Guns, R, Zuccala, AA & Engels, TCE 2021, 'Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output', Journal of Documentation, bind 77, nr. 5, s. 1173-1195. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-06-2020-0107

APA

Sīle, L., Guns, R., Zuccala, A. A., & Engels, T. C. E. (2021). Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output. Journal of Documentation, 77(5), 1173-1195. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-06-2020-0107

Vancouver

Sīle L, Guns R, Zuccala AA, Engels TCE. Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output. Journal of Documentation. 2021;77(5):1173-1195. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-06-2020-0107

Author

Sīle, Linda ; Guns, Raf ; Zuccala, Alesia A. ; Engels, Tim C.E. / Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output. I: Journal of Documentation. 2021 ; Bind 77, Nr. 5. s. 1173-1195.

Bibtex

@article{0fbd691b095047a9b680d07b0c8e6ba5,
title = "Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output",
abstract = "Purpose: This study investigates an approach to book metrics for research evaluation that takes into account the complexity of scholarly monographs. This approach is based on work sets – unique scholarly works and their within-work related bibliographic entities – for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output. Design/methodology/approach: This study examines bibliographic records on scholarly monographs acquired from four European databases (VABB in Flanders, Belgium; CROSBI in Croatia; CRISTIN in Norway; COBISS in Slovenia). Following a data enrichment process using metadata from OCLC WorldCat and Amazon Goodreads, the authors identify work sets and the corresponding ISBNs. Next, on the basis of the number of ISBNs per work set and the presence in WorldCat, they design a typology of scholarly monographs: Globally visible single-expression works, Globally visible multi-expression works, Miscellaneous and Globally invisible works. Findings: The findings show that the concept “work set” and the proposed typology can aid the identification of influential scholarly monographs in the social sciences and humanities (i.e. the Globally visible multi-expression works). Practical implications: In light of the findings, the authors outline requirements for the bibliographic control of scholarly monographs in national databases for research output that facilitate the use of the approach proposed here. Originality/value: The authors use insights from library and information science (LIS) to construct complexity-sensitive book metrics. In doing so, the authors, on the one hand, propose a solution to a problem in research evaluation and, on the other hand, bring to attention the need for a dialogue between LIS and neighbouring communities that work with bibliographic data.",
keywords = "Bibliometrics, Books, Europe, FRBR, National databases, Research evaluation, Research output, Scholarly monographs, Work sets",
author = "Linda Sīle and Raf Guns and Zuccala, {Alesia A.} and Engels, {Tim C.E.}",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1108/JD-06-2020-0107",
language = "English",
volume = "77",
pages = "1173--1195",
journal = "Journal of Documentation",
issn = "0022-0418",
publisher = "Emerald Group Publishing",
number = "5",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards complexity-sensitive book metrics for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output

AU - Sīle, Linda

AU - Guns, Raf

AU - Zuccala, Alesia A.

AU - Engels, Tim C.E.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Purpose: This study investigates an approach to book metrics for research evaluation that takes into account the complexity of scholarly monographs. This approach is based on work sets – unique scholarly works and their within-work related bibliographic entities – for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output. Design/methodology/approach: This study examines bibliographic records on scholarly monographs acquired from four European databases (VABB in Flanders, Belgium; CROSBI in Croatia; CRISTIN in Norway; COBISS in Slovenia). Following a data enrichment process using metadata from OCLC WorldCat and Amazon Goodreads, the authors identify work sets and the corresponding ISBNs. Next, on the basis of the number of ISBNs per work set and the presence in WorldCat, they design a typology of scholarly monographs: Globally visible single-expression works, Globally visible multi-expression works, Miscellaneous and Globally invisible works. Findings: The findings show that the concept “work set” and the proposed typology can aid the identification of influential scholarly monographs in the social sciences and humanities (i.e. the Globally visible multi-expression works). Practical implications: In light of the findings, the authors outline requirements for the bibliographic control of scholarly monographs in national databases for research output that facilitate the use of the approach proposed here. Originality/value: The authors use insights from library and information science (LIS) to construct complexity-sensitive book metrics. In doing so, the authors, on the one hand, propose a solution to a problem in research evaluation and, on the other hand, bring to attention the need for a dialogue between LIS and neighbouring communities that work with bibliographic data.

AB - Purpose: This study investigates an approach to book metrics for research evaluation that takes into account the complexity of scholarly monographs. This approach is based on work sets – unique scholarly works and their within-work related bibliographic entities – for scholarly monographs in national databases for research output. Design/methodology/approach: This study examines bibliographic records on scholarly monographs acquired from four European databases (VABB in Flanders, Belgium; CROSBI in Croatia; CRISTIN in Norway; COBISS in Slovenia). Following a data enrichment process using metadata from OCLC WorldCat and Amazon Goodreads, the authors identify work sets and the corresponding ISBNs. Next, on the basis of the number of ISBNs per work set and the presence in WorldCat, they design a typology of scholarly monographs: Globally visible single-expression works, Globally visible multi-expression works, Miscellaneous and Globally invisible works. Findings: The findings show that the concept “work set” and the proposed typology can aid the identification of influential scholarly monographs in the social sciences and humanities (i.e. the Globally visible multi-expression works). Practical implications: In light of the findings, the authors outline requirements for the bibliographic control of scholarly monographs in national databases for research output that facilitate the use of the approach proposed here. Originality/value: The authors use insights from library and information science (LIS) to construct complexity-sensitive book metrics. In doing so, the authors, on the one hand, propose a solution to a problem in research evaluation and, on the other hand, bring to attention the need for a dialogue between LIS and neighbouring communities that work with bibliographic data.

KW - Bibliometrics

KW - Books

KW - Europe

KW - FRBR

KW - National databases

KW - Research evaluation

KW - Research output

KW - Scholarly monographs

KW - Work sets

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103957101&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1108/JD-06-2020-0107

DO - 10.1108/JD-06-2020-0107

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85103957101

VL - 77

SP - 1173

EP - 1195

JO - Journal of Documentation

JF - Journal of Documentation

SN - 0022-0418

IS - 5

ER -

ID: 260590134