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This chapter introduces evaluation science as a discipline, and explores its relationship with the field of quantitative research assessment. It presents an overview of major theoretical concepts and distinctions. The chapter continues with distinguishing four domains of intellectual activity in research assessment, namely the domains of policy, evaluation, analytics and data collection. It clarifies the relationships between these domains. Finally, it presents an overview of assessment models and strategies.
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Moed, H.F. (2017). Research Assessment as an Evaluation Science. In: Applied Evaluative Informetrics. Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60522-7_6
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