HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
Objective: To conduct a critical analysis of the two main bibliometric indexes used by science: the impact factor and the H index. Method: Research was conducted on PubMed using the keywords: impact factor, Bibliometrics and H index. Results: The citations of articles tend to follow a curve in whi...
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| description | Objective: To conduct a critical analysis of the two main bibliometric indexes used by science: the impact factor and the H index. Method: Research was conducted on PubMed using the keywords: impact factor, Bibliometrics and H index. Results: The citations of articles tend to follow a curve in which the articles published in a given year increase sharply to a peak occurring between two and six years after its publication. From this peak citations decline over time. Conclusion: The analysis of the scientific merit should not be based on only in bibliometric measure, but in the association of various parameters. The impact factor and the H index is mainly based on the number of citations of scientific papers, and this parameter, although important, should not be used alone, nor overvalued in the evaluation of teaching merit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51d31d222d7e4e2a9807685586c57f192022-12-22T02:42:06ZengColégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões1809-454642suppl 1171910.1590/0100-69912015S01006S0100-69912015000800017HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIONAlberto Azoubel AntunesObjective: To conduct a critical analysis of the two main bibliometric indexes used by science: the impact factor and the H index. Method: Research was conducted on PubMed using the keywords: impact factor, Bibliometrics and H index. Results: The citations of articles tend to follow a curve in which the articles published in a given year increase sharply to a peak occurring between two and six years after its publication. From this peak citations decline over time. Conclusion: The analysis of the scientific merit should not be based on only in bibliometric measure, but in the association of various parameters. The impact factor and the H index is mainly based on the number of citations of scientific papers, and this parameter, although important, should not be used alone, nor overvalued in the evaluation of teaching merit.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912015000800017&lng=en&tlng=enImpact factorBibliometricsH index |
| spellingShingle | Alberto Azoubel Antunes HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões Impact factor Bibliometrics H index |
| title | HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION |
| title_full | HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION |
| title_fullStr | HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION |
| title_full_unstemmed | HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION |
| title_short | HOW TO EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION |
| title_sort | how to evaluate scientific production |
| topic | Impact factor Bibliometrics H index |
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