Metrics and evaluation of scientific productivity: would it be useful to normalize the data taking in consideration the investments?

Abstract There has been in increasing interest in evaluating research production by means of “objective parameters” which should score the scientific impact of single articles and researchers’ career. In contrast, the attention of the economic aspects of research production has been highly neglected...

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Main Author: Ario de Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-019-1236-4