Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs
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Data de Publicação: | 2011 |
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Texto Completo: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500081 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/33907 |
Resumo: | A recent assessment of 4400 postgraduate courses in Brazil by CAPES (a federal government agency dedicated to the improvement of the quality of and research at the postgraduate level) stimulated a large amount of manifestations in the press, scientific journals and scientific congresses. This gigantic effort to classify 16,400 scientific journals in order to provide indicators for assessment proved to be puzzling and methodologically erroneous in terms of gauging the institutions from a metric point of view. A simple algorithm is proposed here to weigh the scientometric indicators that should be considered in the assessment of a scientific institution. I conclude here that the simple gauge of the total number of citations accounts for both the productivity of scientists and the impact of articles. the effort spent in this exercise is relatively small, and the sources of information are fully accessible. As an exercise to estimate the value of the methodology, 12 institutions of physics (10 from Brazil, one from the USA and one from Italy) have been evaluated. |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs Meneghini, Rogerio [UNIFESP] Scientometrics Institutional assessment CAPES Scientific journals Citations |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs |
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Citations to papers from Brazilian institutions: a more effective indicator to assess productivity and the impact of research in graduate programs |
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Meneghini, Rogerio [UNIFESP] |
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Meneghini, Rogerio [UNIFESP] |
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
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Meneghini, Rogerio [UNIFESP] |
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Scientometrics Institutional assessment CAPES Scientific journals Citations |
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Scientometrics Institutional assessment CAPES Scientific journals Citations |
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A recent assessment of 4400 postgraduate courses in Brazil by CAPES (a federal government agency dedicated to the improvement of the quality of and research at the postgraduate level) stimulated a large amount of manifestations in the press, scientific journals and scientific congresses. This gigantic effort to classify 16,400 scientific journals in order to provide indicators for assessment proved to be puzzling and methodologically erroneous in terms of gauging the institutions from a metric point of view. A simple algorithm is proposed here to weigh the scientometric indicators that should be considered in the assessment of a scientific institution. I conclude here that the simple gauge of the total number of citations accounts for both the productivity of scientists and the impact of articles. the effort spent in this exercise is relatively small, and the sources of information are fully accessible. As an exercise to estimate the value of the methodology, 12 institutions of physics (10 from Brazil, one from the USA and one from Italy) have been evaluated. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500081 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. São Paulo: Assoc Bras Divulg Cientifica, v. 44, n. 8, p. 738-747, 2011. 10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500081 0100-879X S0100-879X2011007500081 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/33907 WOS:000294122500002 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500081 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/33907 |
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. São Paulo: Assoc Bras Divulg Cientifica, v. 44, n. 8, p. 738-747, 2011. 10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500081 0100-879X S0100-879X2011007500081 WOS:000294122500002 |
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