To be sure, the application of social analytics to the world of research and scholarship may yet provide important insights that make it easier to assess a scholar’s “true” contributions. The challenge will be to manage the trade-off between transparency and triviality.
平心而论，将社会分析用于研究和学术界可以带来重要洞见，让我们更容易评估学者“真正”的贡献。挑战在于管理透明度和琐碎化之间的权衡。据说爱因斯坦曾说，“可数的未必重要，重要的未必可数。”