Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to encourage discussion about the potential role of metrics in research assessment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper considers the results of the UK’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework, and the potential of metrics to reduce the size of future...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the problem of establishing metrics for the impact of research data when norms of behaviour have not yet become established. Design/methodology/approach The paper considers existing research into data citation and explores the citation of data...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to encourage recognition of the potential impact of an increasingly complicated information ecosystem on scientometric indicators. Design/methodology/approach – The paper considers how new web technologies have impacted the role of time in scientometric...