Mapping the Role of the Book in Evaluation at the Individual and Department Level in Italian SSH. A Multisource Analysis
Some specificities of the Italian situation are outlined with respect to the origins of evaluation and the organisation of knowledge into disciplinary sectors as a background to the analysis of data on the primary activities of research evaluation at different levels.
Attention is focused on the criteria on which the concept of research quality in social sciences and humanities (SSH) is based in Italy through the analysis of publications submitted for VQR evaluation and the requirements for the Italian university teaching qualification (ASN).