Developing a documentation system for evaluating the societal impact of science

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-296

  Wolf, Birge ^a   Szerencsits, Manfred ^a   Gaus, Hansjörg ^b   Müller, Christoph E ^b   Heb, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Documentation system; Evaluation; Research funding; Research information system; Societal impact of science

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS; EVALUATION; RESEARCH FUNDING; RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETAL IMPACTS;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 84904515851     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2014.06.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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