Metrics and The Social Contract: Using Numbers, Preserving Humanity - Digital Science
lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-07-28
Summary:
"As science and the process of science becomes more open, and funders increasingly show an interest in how their money is being spent, researchers are coming under ever increasing scrutiny. As individual researchers are subjected to greater accountability, they increasingly need quantitative and qualitative tools to help them demonstrate both academic and broader societal impact."