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This chapter discusses a series of main problems in the use of informetric indicators for evaluative purposes: the problem of assessing individual scholars; the effect of a limited time horizon; the problem of assessing societal impact; the effects of the use of indicators upon authors and editors; constitutive effects of indicators; and the need for an evaluative framework and an assessment model.
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David Pendlebury informed the current author that in his communication with Robert K. Merton the latter used the term ‘false precision’ (Pendlebury, 2017).
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Moed, H.F. (2017). Major Problems in the Use of Informetric Indicators. 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_9
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