The objectives, design and selection process of the Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW)
Year: 2014
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The present chapter introduces the goals, design and procedure of the VABB-SHW (Vlaams Academisch Bibliografisch Bestand voor de Sociale en Humane Wetenschappen/Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities). After briefly sketching the background and history of the systems for university funding in Flanders (Belgium) and other European countries, we discuss the design and procedure of the VABB-SHW itself. By highlighting some major publication patterns in the SSH (social sciences and humanities) as reflected by the data contained in the VABB-SHW, we thereafter illustrate how the Flemish database is adapted to, and further evolving towards, reliably capturing the diverse publication output of the SSH as practised at Flemish universities. Finally, focusing on book publications, we make a comparison with the selection process in the Scandinavian countries.
Source: Lirias
Institutions: University of Antwerp, KU Leuven
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2186753295