[GOAL] Steering science through Output Indicators & Data Capitalism

[Ulrich Herb]

Dear lists,

in a few days I will give a lecture on "Steering science through Output 
Indicators & Data Capitalism". You can find a paper about it at 
https://zenodo.org/record/3333395 and its abstract here:
"The paper describes how commercial companies create operating systems 
with highly integrated services, which scientists use in every phase of 
their daily work and which by the way produce data about this work. 
These data, in turn, are processed by the commercial providers and 
converted into further products, which are now offered to the science 
bureaucracy as a tool for recruitment and research planning. The 
structure and marketing of both the tools for scientists and the 
controlling tools for the administration have features that are widely 
known from electronic environments (compliance through convenience, 
vendor-lock-in), but also features that show at the same time elements 
of the centrally planned economy and (although at first sight 
incompatible with it) a strong competitive connotation. The presentation 
also discusses the possible consequences of such a data-driven science 
control for individual researchers as well as for science as a social 
enterprise."

In preparation for the lecture I am currently looking for information 
about institutions that use steering tools such as SciVal (Elsevier), 
Dimensions (Digital Science), Professional Services / Essential Science 
Indicators (Clarivate Analytics).

Whoever might have information on this: I am very grateful for any 
hints!


Best regards,

Ulrich Herb




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