TY - JOUR
T1 - Citations as a currency
T2 - Every performance measure creates its own behaviour. Commentary on the Soutar, Wilkinson, & Young article.
AU - Oppewal, Harmen
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - This commentary discusses how citations, when adopted as benchmarks, influence publication and assessment behaviours of researchers and institutions. It compares benchmarking based on Google Scholar with current research assessment practices, as exemplified by the ERA assessment in Australia. It then discusses the role of journals in the codifying and dissemination of knowledge and how the adoption of citation based assessment changes the status of citations and changes citation behaviours. It is concluded that journals will continue to be important as an intermediary in knowledge creation.
AB - This commentary discusses how citations, when adopted as benchmarks, influence publication and assessment behaviours of researchers and institutions. It compares benchmarking based on Google Scholar with current research assessment practices, as exemplified by the ERA assessment in Australia. It then discusses the role of journals in the codifying and dissemination of knowledge and how the adoption of citation based assessment changes the status of citations and changes citation behaviours. It is concluded that journals will continue to be important as an intermediary in knowledge creation.
KW - Citation behaviour
KW - ERA (Excellence of Research for Australia)
KW - Google Scholar
KW - Journal status
KW - Publication behaviour
KW - Research assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937973758&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ausmj.2015.04.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ausmj.2015.04.011
M3 - Comment / Debate
AN - SCOPUS:84937973758
VL - 23
SP - 162
EP - 164
JO - Australasian Marketing Journal
JF - Australasian Marketing Journal
SN - 1441-3582
IS - 2
ER -