Scientometrics
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Volume 74: Issue 3
Increasing discrepancy between absolute and effective indexes of research output in a Brazilian academic department
Author:
AntÔnio Pereira De Araújo Universidade de Brasília Laboratório de Biologia Teórica, Departamento de Biologia Celular Brasília DF 70910-900 Brazil

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Pages:
425–437
Online Publication Date:
08 Dec 2007
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2008
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1817-6
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Abstract  

We investigate possible effects from a strong encouragement for a large number of publications on the scientific production of a Brazilian cell biology department. An average increase in individual absolute production and a concomitant decrease in individual participation in each paper were detected by traditional bibliometric parameters, such as number of publications, citations, impact factors and h index, combined to their “effective” versions, in which co-authorship is taken into consideration. The observed situation, which might well represent a national trend, should be considered as a strong warning against current criteria of scientific evaluation heavily based on uncritical counting of publications.

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0138-9130
Online ISSN:
1588-2861

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