Petr Hadrava:
On Scientometric Evaluation in Science and Humanities

Abstract

The rating of scientific journals by means of scientometric criteria was recently criticized and rejected in a common editorial published in several journals dealing with the history and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine. The present contribution discusses the analogous practice of evaluating individuals and institutions in science and the humanities. The article concludes that such a methodology is often misleading. Its application to a straightforward decision about financial support of science now being promoted in the Czech Republic has serious consequences and must be strongly opposed.

Language: czech

Keywords: scientometry; evaluation; science policy