Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey

Books are a key channel in the scientific communication processes for researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities. Although the best way of assessing the monographs would involve its individualized reading, this method is practically unfeasible both in terms of cost and time. An indicator which co...

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Autores: Giménez Toledo, Elea, Tejada Artigas, Carlos, Mañana-Rodríguez, Jorge
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/193740
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Humanities
Monographs
Books
Social sciences
Research evaluation
Scholarly publishers
Quality indicators.
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spelling Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a surveyGiménez Toledo, EleaTejada Artigas, CarlosMañana-Rodríguez, JorgeHumanitiesMonographsBooksSocial sciencesResearch evaluationScholarly publishersQuality indicators.Books are a key channel in the scientific communication processes for researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities. Although the best way of assessing the monographs would involve its individualized reading, this method is practically unfeasible both in terms of cost and time. An indicator which could be used is the prestige of the publisher of monographs and it is essential to take into account the academy's opinion to determine it. This article reports a survey launched to 11,647 lecturers and Spanish researchers, with a response rate of 26%, in which the respondents were asked to point those quality indicators they consider the most relevant for books as well as their opinion on the quality of publishers. As the main results, there are reported the top-rated publishers, as well as the characteristics which, according to the respondents' opinion, determine their quality; among these characteristics, stands out the fact of counting with an assessment system with external reviewers. Regarding the list of publishers, it is also explained the indicator which allows its ranking. It is also defended the use of the results in the form of categorization. © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.Peer ReviewedOxford University PressMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2019201920132019info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/193740reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#MINCI/ICTI2009-2012/HAR2011-30383-C02-01https://academic.oup.com/rev/article/22/1/64/1603318Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1937402026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
title Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
spellingShingle Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
Giménez Toledo, Elea
Humanities
Monographs
Books
Social sciences
Research evaluation
Scholarly publishers
Quality indicators.
title_short Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
title_full Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
title_fullStr Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
title_sort Evaluation of scientific books' publishers in social sciences and humanities: Results of a survey
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Giménez Toledo, Elea
Tejada Artigas, Carlos
Mañana-Rodríguez, Jorge
author Giménez Toledo, Elea
author_facet Giménez Toledo, Elea
Tejada Artigas, Carlos
Mañana-Rodríguez, Jorge
author_role author
author2 Tejada Artigas, Carlos
Mañana-Rodríguez, Jorge
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Humanities
Monographs
Books
Social sciences
Research evaluation
Scholarly publishers
Quality indicators.
topic Humanities
Monographs
Books
Social sciences
Research evaluation
Scholarly publishers
Quality indicators.
description Books are a key channel in the scientific communication processes for researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities. Although the best way of assessing the monographs would involve its individualized reading, this method is practically unfeasible both in terms of cost and time. An indicator which could be used is the prestige of the publisher of monographs and it is essential to take into account the academy's opinion to determine it. This article reports a survey launched to 11,647 lecturers and Spanish researchers, with a response rate of 26%, in which the respondents were asked to point those quality indicators they consider the most relevant for books as well as their opinion on the quality of publishers. As the main results, there are reported the top-rated publishers, as well as the characteristics which, according to the respondents' opinion, determine their quality; among these characteristics, stands out the fact of counting with an assessment system with external reviewers. Regarding the list of publishers, it is also explained the indicator which allows its ranking. It is also defended the use of the results in the form of categorization. © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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