Kalandozások Tudománymetriában
Wandering in Scientometria

Summary/Abstract: The essay presents how in the past one and a half decades scientometrics has penetrated the previously untouched world of humanities. Since 2016 journal ranking, which is based on the SCImago Journal Rank has dominated the terrain of scientometrics in Hungary, taking it over from the use Journal Impact Factor. While the latter was not applied to the humanities, journal ranking, however, has been expanded on them to evaluate academic achievement, thus affecting financial support. The decision was unfounded, incompetent and unfair, because journal ranking is just as incompatible with the traditional forms of publication in the field of the humanities as was the impact factor. Regarding the humanities, only a small segment of the actual achievement reaches the scope of inquiry during the performance evaluation procedure based on journal ranking, hence the outcome will undoubtedly be distorted. The use of journal ranking puts humanities at a disadvantage as compared to the other areas of science, and, in the long run, will have a harmful effect on their development.

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