Scholarly Metrics in Research Assessment
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Abstract
Scholarly metrics play a significant role in how researchers are assessed for funding and hiring, how research journals are evaluated, and how universities are ranked. The APS editors will host a roundtable session where panelists with experience in university administration, bibliometrics research, public policy, and journal publishing will present their perspectives on these topics.
Panelists:
Lance Cooper (University of Illinois, Department of Physics)
"Responsibly Educating Students on the Methods, Uses, and Limitations of Bibliometrics in Research"
Lance Cooper is Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include optical spectroscopic studies of quantum materials under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, and magnetic field. He is also interested in graduate education and science communication. Since 2011, he has taught (with Celia Elliott) both a fall semester, first-year graduate orientation course that includes an introduction to scientific writing, publication, and bibliometrics, and a spring semester scientific writing course that covers scientific journal and proposal writing for science and engineering graduate students.
Anna Krylov (University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry)
"Scholarly Metrics in Research Assessment: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Anna Krylov is a USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California. Her research is focused on theoretical and computational quantum chemistry. She develops theoretical methods and software for open-shell and electronically excited species, including metastable states. Her work has been recognized by many awards, including the Dirac Medal (WATOC), the Theoretical Chemistry Award (ACS/PHYS), the Bessel Research Award (Humboldt Foundation), the Mildred Dresselhaus Award (DESY and Hamburg Univ.), the Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics (APS), and Barry Prize (AASL). Krylov is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a 2018 Simons Foundation Fellow in Theoretical Physics. Krylov is an elected member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, and an elected foreign member of the Academia Europaea. Krylov is active in the promotion of gender equality in STEM fields. She is also an outspoken advocate of freedom of speech and academic freedom.
Jevin West (University of Washington, Information School)
"Research assessment in the age of AI"
Jevin West is a Professor and the Associate Dean for Research in the Information School at the University of Washington. He co-founded and directed the Center for an Informed Public. He uses computational methods to study the sociology of science, the spread of misinformation, and the impact of generative AI on collective discourse. He believes strongly in the teaching mission of the university and has co-created open courses, games, and programs devoted to improving critical thinking and data reasoning in a digital world.
Moderator: Manolis Antonoyiannakis (APS)
Panelists:
Lance Cooper (University of Illinois, Department of Physics)
"Responsibly Educating Students on the Methods, Uses, and Limitations of Bibliometrics in Research"
Lance Cooper is Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include optical spectroscopic studies of quantum materials under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, and magnetic field. He is also interested in graduate education and science communication. Since 2011, he has taught (with Celia Elliott) both a fall semester, first-year graduate orientation course that includes an introduction to scientific writing, publication, and bibliometrics, and a spring semester scientific writing course that covers scientific journal and proposal writing for science and engineering graduate students.
Anna Krylov (University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry)
"Scholarly Metrics in Research Assessment: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Anna Krylov is a USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California. Her research is focused on theoretical and computational quantum chemistry. She develops theoretical methods and software for open-shell and electronically excited species, including metastable states. Her work has been recognized by many awards, including the Dirac Medal (WATOC), the Theoretical Chemistry Award (ACS/PHYS), the Bessel Research Award (Humboldt Foundation), the Mildred Dresselhaus Award (DESY and Hamburg Univ.), the Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics (APS), and Barry Prize (AASL). Krylov is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a 2018 Simons Foundation Fellow in Theoretical Physics. Krylov is an elected member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, and an elected foreign member of the Academia Europaea. Krylov is active in the promotion of gender equality in STEM fields. She is also an outspoken advocate of freedom of speech and academic freedom.
Jevin West (University of Washington, Information School)
"Research assessment in the age of AI"
Jevin West is a Professor and the Associate Dean for Research in the Information School at the University of Washington. He co-founded and directed the Center for an Informed Public. He uses computational methods to study the sociology of science, the spread of misinformation, and the impact of generative AI on collective discourse. He believes strongly in the teaching mission of the university and has co-created open courses, games, and programs devoted to improving critical thinking and data reasoning in a digital world.
Moderator: Manolis Antonoyiannakis (APS)
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