Naslov
What is scientific quality?

Autori
Hemlin, Sven

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Beyond the Myths about the Natural and Social Sciences: A Sociological View

Urednik/ci
Prpić, Katarina

Izdavač
Institut za društvena istraživanja

Grad
Zagreb

Godina
2009

Raspon stranica
175-203

ISBN
978-953-6218-40-0

Ključne riječi
scientific quality concept, empirical research into scientific quality, quality aspects, quality attributes, changes in quality perceptions and criteria

Sažetak
This work begins with the concept of scientific quality and its factors, supported by the findings of psychological and sociological research. The relational view of scientific quality is a conceptual model which is valid over time since it is flexible in the context of changes in the perceptions of scientific quality. The paper then presents the results from several of Hemlin’ s empirical studies, ranging from research on scientists’ quality perceptions, to analyses of researchers’ assessment behaviour based on documents on peer reviews in the process of appointing Swedish scientists to academic positions or in evaluating grant applications. The final part of the work is an overview of new, largely sociological views of the changes in the relation between science and society. These new models also bring a new understanding of scientific quality and its evaluation. This implies that the quality criteria drift from science to society, the focus shifts from individuals to organisations, the goals change from valid and reliable knowledge to socially robust knowledge, the evaluators incorporate new actors, the evaluation times occur more frequently, and the science studies perspective shifts to knowledge management and organisational learning perspectives. The chapter provides an overview that offers a hypothetical framework and a classification of categories necessary for the empirical research of scientific quality.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Psihologija

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