English

Review: Kulczycki, E. (2023). Evaluation Game. How Publication Metrics Shape Scholarly Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, viii+228 pp.

Słowa kluczowe: recenzja, Emanuel Kulczycki, nauka, świat akademicki, kultura nauki, kultura uniwerytetu, parametryzacja, gra, teorie gier

Abstrakt

“Excellence” has become a popular buzzword in Polish scientific discourse. Ministry programs titled “Excellent Science,” the competition “Excellence Initiative – Research University,” and entries about “excellence” in the strategies of various universities and research institutes all testify to the entrenched use of this concept in thinking about science, conducting research, and publishing. Of course, the concept of “excellence” appeared in European and global discussions about science much earlier (the term “Excellence” has been widely used in the scientific context in the European Union since at least the beginning of the 21st century. The “European Research Council” (ERC), founded in 2007, uses “excellence” as a critical criterion in the evaluation and funding of scientific projects. The ERC organised the conference “Excellence 2012” in Denmark, which also demonstrates the popularity of this term). However, it has resonated in Poland, especially in the last few years. Nevertheless, we should immediately add that, in education, realism took root in the discourse quite early when Quality Enhancement, an assumed infinite process, replaced the slogan of Quality Assurance (implicitly high). Excellence, however, as an idea, has mythical and utopian assumptions.

Biogramy autorów

Jarosław Płuciennik, Uniwersytet Łódzki

Professor of humanities specialising in cognitive analysis, cultural studies and literary theory. He works as a professor at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Lodz at the Institute of Contemporary Culture. From 2012 to 2016, he served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lodz and then as the Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Open Educational Resources until 2020. He has conducted research in Europe, including at Lund University and Cambridge University, and has participated in numerous Erasmus projects. He has published eight books, edited more than a dozen and is the author of more than 180 scientific articles.

Anna Zatora, University of Lodz

Professionally connected with the Department of Theory of Literature at the University of Lodz and the scientific journal ‘Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich’ and the Library of the University of Lodz. A graduate in philology and cultural studies, she received her doctoral degree in the discipline of literary studies in 2021. She has published, among others, the book: Family saga in 21st century Polish literature. Convention or contestation? (2022) and an article in „Przegląd Biblioteczny” (2024): The role of librarians in university activities related to the problem of unethical publishing practices on the example of solutions applied at the University of Lodz (case study). He is involved in research on cultural texts, institutional repositories and observing the development of the idea of open science in Poland.

Bibliografia

“Evaluation Game. How Publication Metrics Shape Scholarly Communication” (CUP, Cambridge 2023) by Emanuela Kulczycki

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2024-04-03
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Płuciennik, J. i Zatora, A. 2024. English: Review: Kulczycki, E. (2023). Evaluation Game. How Publication Metrics Shape Scholarly Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, viii+228 pp. Perspektywy Kultury. 48, 1 (kwi. 2024), 371-378. DOI:https://doi.org/10.35765/pk.2025.4801.22.