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New ways of building, showcasing, and measuring scholarly reputation in the digital age
Author(s) -
David Nicholas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
information services and use
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1875-8789
pISSN - 0167-5265
DOI - 10.3233/isu-160792
Subject(s) - reputation , business , computer science , sociology , social science
Journals and scholars build their reputation on citations. An array of citation measures has been developed, including citation counts for the individual scholar. Yet, over 50 activities that contribute to reputation building can be identified across five areas of scholarly activity: research, integration, application, teaching, and co-creation. In the past ten years new platforms have merged that foster and measure an array of practices. This article systematically audits new reputation measures and addresses the question if the new and old measures will collide, ushering in disruptive change.

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