The Changing Governance of the Sciences The Advent of Research Evaluation Systems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Whitley, Richard (Editor), Gläser, Jochen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 26
• Subjects: Science.; Political science.; Sociology.; Science, general.; Sociology, general.; Political Science.

The establishment of national systems of retrospective research evaluations is one of the most significant of recent changes in the governance of science. In many countries, state attempts to manage public science systems and improve their quality have triggered the institutionalisation of such syst...