Die Macht der Wissenschaftsstatistik und die Entwicklung der Ökonomie
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Die Macht der Wissenschaftsstatistik und die Entwicklung der Ökonomie
Aistleitner, Matthias | Fölker, Marianne | Kapeller, Jakob
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 135 (2015), Iss. 2 : pp. 111–132
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Matthias Aistleitner, Johannes-Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, Altenbergerstr. 50, A-4040 Linz, Austria
Marianne Fölker, Johannes-Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, Altenbergerstr. 50, A-4040 Linz, Austria
Jakob Kapeller, Institut für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie und Institut für die Gesamtanalyse der Wirtschaft
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Citation metrics has become an important tool in the assessment of scientific research. Journal rankings and productivity indices are thereby understood as signifying reputation and impact within a scientific community, which is interpreted as a proxy for the quality of research. In this respect, the introduction of citation metrics for research assessment is part of a larger social trend to simplify complex issues by means of numerical expressions. Against this backdrop, this paper takes a look at the effects of the introduction of evaluative scientometrics within the field of economics. It is shown that the „power of citation metrics" has manifold consequences: the instruments of citation metrics not only reinforce conventional patterns of academic reproduction and attention in scientific discourse, but also influence the behavior of single agents as well as the paradigmatic developments of academic disciplines.