H-index in the Brazilian Academy of Sciences: comments and concerns

Bibliometric parameters have been used in order to evaluate a scientist's performance. The h-index has been gradually accepted as the most adequate parameter for this purpose. To have an idea of this index among Brazilian scientists, we performed an analysis of this parameter for the full membe...

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Main Authors: Alexander W.A. Kellner, Luiza C.M.O. Ponciano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2008-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652008000400016