Recognition through performance and reputation

Peter Van Den Besselaar; Ulf Sandström; Charlie Mom

Recognition through performance and reputation

Peter Van Den Besselaar, Ulf Sandström, Charlie Mom

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As the various disciplines have different forms of social and intellectual organization (Whitley 2000), scholars in various fields may depend less on their peers, and more on other audiences for recognition and funding. Following Merton (1973) we distinguish between performance and reputation for building up recognition. We show that there are indeed differences between the disciplines: in life sciences and social sciences, the reputation related indicators are dominant in predicting the score that grant applicants get from the panel, whereas in the natural sciences, the performance related indicators dominate the panel scores. Furthermore, when comparing within the life sciences the grantees with the best performing non-grantees, we show that the former score higher on the reputation indicators and the second score better on the performance variables, supporting the findings that in life sciences one probably gains recognition over reputation more than over individual performance. We suggest that this may not be optimal for the growth of knowledge.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSI 2019 with a Special STI Indicators Conference Track 2-5 September 2019 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings Volume II
Editors	Giuseppe Catalano, Cinzia Daraio, Martina Gregori, Henk F. Moed, Giancarlo Ruocco
Publisher	International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
Pages	2065-2069
Number of pages	5
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9788833811185
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019
Event	17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Rome, Italy Duration: 2 Sept 2019 → 5 Sept 2019

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Conference	17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	2/09/19 → 5/09/19

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Van Den Besselaar, P., Sandström, U., & Mom, C. (2019). Recognition through performance and reputation. In G. Catalano, C. Daraio, M. Gregori, H. F. Moed, & G. Ruocco (Eds.), 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSI 2019 with a Special STI Indicators Conference Track 2-5 September 2019 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: Proceedings Volume II (Vol. 2, pp. 2065-2069). International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics.

Van Den Besselaar, Peter ; Sandström, Ulf ; Mom, Charlie. / Recognition through performance and reputation. 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSI 2019 with a Special STI Indicators Conference Track 2-5 September 2019 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: Proceedings Volume II. editor / Giuseppe Catalano ; Cinzia Daraio ; Martina Gregori ; Henk F. Moed ; Giancarlo Ruocco. Vol. 2 International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, 2019. pp. 2065-2069

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Van Den Besselaar, P, Sandström, U & Mom, C 2019, Recognition through performance and reputation. in G Catalano, C Daraio, M Gregori, HF Moed & G Ruocco (eds), 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSI 2019 with a Special STI Indicators Conference Track 2-5 September 2019 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: Proceedings Volume II. vol. 2, International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, pp. 2065-2069, 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019, Rome, Italy, 2/09/19.

Recognition through performance and reputation. / Van Den Besselaar, Peter; Sandström, Ulf; Mom, Charlie.
17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSI 2019 with a Special STI Indicators Conference Track 2-5 September 2019 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: Proceedings Volume II. ed. / Giuseppe Catalano; Cinzia Daraio; Martina Gregori; Henk F. Moed; Giancarlo Ruocco. Vol. 2 International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, 2019. p. 2065-2069.

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Van Den Besselaar P, Sandström U, Mom C. Recognition through performance and reputation. In Catalano G, Daraio C, Gregori M, Moed HF, Ruocco G, editors, 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSI 2019 with a Special STI Indicators Conference Track 2-5 September 2019 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: Proceedings Volume II. Vol. 2. International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics. 2019. p. 2065-2069

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