Social Science

Science, Technology & Innovation Indicators

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The social sciences, humanities, and law (SSH) are known to have more heterogeneous publi- cation patterns than the sciences, medicine, and technology (STM). On the one hand, original peer-reviewed research is published in a wider range of formats. Book publishing (monographs or articles in edited volumes) may even be more important than journal publishing in some of the disciplines (Sivertsen & Larsen, 2012). On the other hand, scholars in the SSH, more often than their colleagues in the STM, publish directly for a wider audience in the societies and cul- tures that they relate to in their research (Bentley & Kyvik, 2011). These publications are both popularizations of research in general and professional communication of specific results, e.g. in commissioned reports. Even the peer-reviewed scholarly publications in the SSH may appear in the national language if this is more relevant with regard to content and outreach (Hicks, 2004). In addition, nationally adapted textbooks for students are often preferred over interna- tional standard editions. Consequently, SSH scholars often appear as authors of textbooks and other educational material.

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Science, Technology & Innovation Indicators

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Publisher

: ., 2014

Collation

1-26

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

2010.056-1436

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Science, Technology & Innovation Indicators

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