Reflections on impact assessment research scholarship from editor and academic perspectives

作者: ANGUS MORRISON-SAUNDERS , FRANCOIS RETIEF

DOI: 10.1142/S1464333215500027

关键词: Impact assessmentAudience measurementWriting skillsScholarshipMulti disciplinaryResearch writingQuality (business)Engineering ethicsSociologyResearch studies

摘要: Reflections on impact assessment research scholarship are presented drawn from our experiences as journal editors and academics with respect to the nature of quality writing. We support call for more empirical studies, especially large longer-term studies. While international field is healthy overall, we would like see better multi-disciplinary collaboration. also urge careful attention be given by writers having clear aims, robust methods accounts write rigorously insightfully readership.

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