The Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen



___Deadline for applications: March 1, 2012___



The Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark, and ACUMEN

are pleased to announce that a PhD scholarship will be available from

June 1, 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter.



Applications are invited for the three-year scholarship from candidates

that hold or expect to hold a Master´s degree in a field relevant to the


field of bibliometrics and research evaluation.



The PhD position is part of a collaborative European FP7 research project

on assessing research performance of individual researchers, Academic

Careers Understood through Measurement and Norms

(ACUMEN [http://research-acumen.eu/]).



The Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS; in Danish:

Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi, [http://www.iva.dk]) contributes

to this project with research relating to the use of quantitative

indicators, and the successful applicant will contribute to this research.


The main objective of the PhD project is to investigate to what extent

bibliometric indicators can be used in the evaluation of individual

researchers. Most bibliometric indicators are meant for use on higher

levels of aggregation, e.g. at the country, research field or institution

level, and unwanted effects may occur especially when they are applied at

the individual level. The PhD project should analyse the wide range of

existing indicators such as productivity, citation impact, and composite

indicators such as field normalised indicators, as well as new

bibliometric indicators such as the h-index, the g-index and indicators

based on network analysis etc. The aim is to understand and call into

question the use of bibliometric indicators and to outline the strengths

and weaknesses of each indicator for the evaluation of individuals. On

the basis of this, the PhD project should propose a suite of indicators

for the assessments of individual researchers - both the most suited of

the existing as well as novel indicators. These must be tested on the

data set provided by the ACUMEN project. The project will have a

mathematical theoretical as well as an empirical part. Data sets for the

empirical part will in part be provided by partners in the ACUMEN project.




Place of work: Copenhagen, Denmark

For further information on the ACUMEN research project, please contact

Associate Professor, Mr. Birger Larsen (blar @ iva.dk), and for further

information on PhD scholarships at RSLIS, please contact Dean of

Research, Mr. Hans Dam Christensen (hdc @ iva.dk).



PHD SCHOLARSHIP

A PhD position is a three-year, fixed-term position involving research

and training, and it is to be completed in accordance with the Danish

Ministerial order on the PhD programme at the universities (PhD order)

from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. For

further information about the PhD programme at RSLIS, see:

http://www.iva.dk/english/research/phd-programme/



QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

The ideal candidate holds or expects to hold a Master´s degree or

equivalent in a field relevant to bibliometrics and research evaluation.

Mathematical skills and fluency in English are required.



APPLICATION

1. Letter stating the interest and qualifications for the project

   (max. one page).

2. Preliminary project description with theoretical and methodological

   reflections as well as outline of present state of art of research and

   including a tentative research plan (up to five pages).

3. Full CV.

4. Bachelor and Master’s degree diploma (including grade transcripts for


   bachelor´s and master´s degrees) and any other documentation.


5. List of publications (if any).

6. References.

7. Applicants with a Master´s degree from abroad should also enclose a

   short description of the grading scale used.



PROCEDURE

* Applications, marked "PhD position in Bibliometrics", must be sent

  to 'job@ iva.dk'. *** Deadline is March 1, 2012 ***

* Applicants will, together with a confirmation of the received

  application, be notified of the composition of the assessment committee.

* Applicants must provide supplementary documentation, if requested

  by the committee.

* Applicants will individually be informed of his/her assessment.

* Potential candidates may be invited to an interview by a

  recruitment committee.



THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION:

* Capacity to undertake stringent research of high quality within the

  three-year period.

* Scientific concern, creativity and supplementary qualification which

  are considered essential for undertaking a PhD project.

* Already implemented projects, published works of relevance for the PhD

  position, carried out during or after the master study.

* Documented fluency in English.

* Documented mathematical skills.



SALARY

Salary will be according to the agreement between the Ministry of

Finance and The Danish Confedaration of Professional Associations, AC.

Start level salary depends on pre-employment seniority, but will at least

amounts to DKK 285.240,00 annually. Pension contribution is added

according to agreement for PhD students, as well an annual addition which

at presents amounts to DKK 14.934,97 annually.



The PhD student has an obligation to undertake agreed relevant work

(including teaching) which totally amounts to 840 work hours during the

three years of employment.



FACTS ABOUT RSLIS

RSLIS is a university institution for development, education and research

at the highest scientific level in the field of Information Science. The

educational programmes rank from undergraduate to PhD studies. The

school's graduates are much appreciated and their capacity for fulfilling

vital functions within the emerging knowledge society is increasingly

recognized.



RSLIS is located in Copenhagen and Aalborg (the Northern part of Jutland).


The total number of students enrolled is app. 800.

RSLIS is a member of iSchool Caucus and is currently working close

together with Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft,

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in order to establish a Euro iSchool

network.



As an equal opportunity employer, RSLIS invites applications from all

interested candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin or religion.

--
Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University Bloomington
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto


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