[Air-L] Critiques of Academic Scholarship

[Jodi Schneider]

Benjamin,

Jo Ann's message reminded me of a new edited collection, largely on gaming
metrics:
Gaming the Metrics  Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research edited
by Mario Biagioli and Alexandra Lippman. Cambridge: MIT Press
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/gaming-metrics

Similarly, from a history & foundations of information science, this MIT
Press book:
Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation: Uses and Abuses
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/bibliometrics-and-research-evaluation

See also the Retraction Watch blog:
https://retractionwatch.com

You might also look to the literature on science of science (including work
on sociology of science, rhetoric of science, etc.) and research metrics.
Also to literature about challenges (and timeframes) for
translating research into practice. If that sounds promising we can have a
conversation off-list - if I get a better sense of what you're looking for
I may have some more on-point suggestions! My research in information
quality has some overlaps with these topics.

-Jodi
Jodi Schneider
Assistant Professor of Information Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
http://jodischneider.com/jodi.html


On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 5:09 PM Oravec, Jo Ann R <oravecj at uww.edu> wrote:

> Greetings from Wisconsin!
>
> I've been writing in this area:
> Oravec, J. A. (2019). The "dark side" of academics? Emerging issues in the
> gaming and manipulation of metrics in higher education. The Review of
> Higher Education, 42(3), 859-877. http://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2019.0022
>
> Oravec, J. A. (2020). Academic metrics and the community engagement of
> tertiary education institutions: Issues in gaming, manipulation, and trust.
> Tertiary Education and Management, 26, 5-17.
> https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-019-09026-z
>
> Oravec, J. A. (2017). The manipulation of scholarly rating and measurement
> systems: Constructing excellence in an era of academic stardom. Teaching in
> Higher Education, 22(4), 423-436.
> https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2017.1301909
>
> Good luck!
> Jo Ann Oravec
> Professor
> Information Technology and Supply Chain Management, UW-Whitewater
> Holtz Center for Science Studies, UW-Madison
> ________________________________________
> From: Air-L [air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Sugar,
> Benjamin Nathan [bsugar at iu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 3:52 PM
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> Subject: [Air-L] Critiques of Academic Scholarship
>
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>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m having difficulty finding some literature on critiques of academia.
> Key words tend to bring up “critical theory” which I’m sure includes this
> topic somewhere but it’s a pretty large haystack.
>
> Ideally, what I’m looking for are performative aspects of writing which
> create authorized speech, knowledge production, and expertise.  Sort of the
> Archeology of Knowledge or Signature Event Context/Limited Inc. but applied
> specifically to academic writing. Style, citations, minimization of
> limitations, peer review, to name a few.
>
> Quantitative work would be great too, for example:
>
> Self-citation is the hallmark of productive authors, of any gender<
> https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195773&type=printable
> >
>
> Or, the non-parody version of this:
>
> Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational
> challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials<
> https://www.unav.edu/documents/16089811/16216616/parachute-+TRIAL+BMJ.pdf>
>
> A literature review would be incredible.
>
> In short, any works that if taken seriously to their logical conclusion,
> would result in a serious loss of sleep due to existential angst.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Benjamin
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