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Research evaluation has been an essential practice of the regular functioning of the research system (Zuckerman and Merton 1971; Cole and Cole 1973). Reputational competition (Merton 1957; Ben-David 1971, 1972; Dasgupta and David 1994; Whitley 2000) has been shaped by mechanisms of evaluation of research mostly identified with the practice of peer review for journals’ publications (Campanario 1998a, b; Cole 1998).
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Cruz-Castro, L., Sanz-MenéNdez, L. (2007). Research Evaluation in Transition. In: Whitley, R., Gläser, J. (eds) The Changing Governance of the Sciences. Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6746-4_10
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