Publication and data surveillance in academia

Joseph Koivisto and Jordan Sly from the University of Maryland discuss the implications of the publications-as-data model. The core functions of higher education are destined to be quantified and that this data will be harvested, curated, and repackaged through a variety of enterprise management platforms. All aspects of the academic lifecycle, such as research production, publication, distribution, impact determination, citation analysis, grant award trends, graduate student research topic, and more can be sold, analysed, and gamed.