The metadata of books submitted as research outputs to annual Lithuanian research assessments from 2008 to 2020

<p>This dataset contains ISBNs and below described metadata of 5199 books which Lithuanian universities and research institutions submitted&nbsp;as their best research outputs to get state funding after annual research evaluations from 2008 to 2020. The thorough explanation how this dataset was created provided in a preprint: Dagiene, Eleonora. 2023. "The Challenge of Assessing Academic Books: The UK and Lithuanian Cases Through the ISBN Lens." SocArXiv. &nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/qpwxn">https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/qpwxn</a>&nbsp;</p><p>This dataset contains ISBNs and their metadata, gathered from the Global Register of Publishers <a href="https://grp.isbn-international.org/">https://grp.isbn-international.org/</a></p><p><strong>Description of data columns and remarks:</strong></p><p>ISBNs – unique identifiers – at least one author of the book identified by the ISBNs is affiliated with Lithuanian institution;</p><p>output_types – ['edited volumes', 'authored books'] – types of books eligible for research assessment;</p><p>years – 2008-2020 – book publishing years as reported by submitting institutions;</p><p>unified_title – titles of publishers – parent publishers (e.g. Springer Nature, Informa (Taylor &amp; Francis)). Lithuanian institutions kept in Lithuanian;</p><p>primary_occupations_main – 'academic publishers', 'universities', 'intermediaries', 'other publishers', 'not publishers' – main types of institutions/companies which registered particular ISBNs;</p><p>primary_occupations_detailed – 'academic publishers', 'university presses', 'university departments', 'self-publishing', 'publishing services', 'specialised publishers', 'general publishers', 'societies', 'not publishing', 'research institutions', 'governmental institutions', 'libraries', 'museums', 'non-governmental organisations' – just more types of institutions/companies;</p><p>country – country name – countries where ISBNs were assigned, e.g. books authored or co-authored by Lithuanian researchers issued in 53 countries worldwide;</p><p>sciences – 'natural sciences', 'social sciences', 'agricultural sciences', 'technological sciences', 'medical and health sciences', 'humanities' – as brunches of sciences categorised by the Research Council of Lithuania.</p>