EuroScientist: Special Issue on Research Evaluation

As the title suggests, here is a link to the current special issue on research Evaluation from the EuroScientist. And here is an overview to the special issues and link to articles in it:

Editorial

• Evaluation moves in mysterious ways, by Sabine Louët, editor, the EuroScientist

Alternatives to peer review

• Mentors, mates or metrics: what are the alternatives to peer review?, by Arran Frood

See also our previous coverage on related topic

• Navigating the altmetrics maze, by Anthony King
• Initiatives to validate altmetrics

New methods of evaluating research

• Evaluation: dogma of excellence replaced by scientific diversity, by Francesco Sylos Labini ROARS
• The academic evaluation conundrum, exclusive interview of  Mary Phillips, Academic Analytics
• How well do academic react to being measured?, by Martin Ince
• Collaborative open science speeds up research evaluation, by John Hammersley, writeLaTeX