One way to evaluate the impact of scientific research
The internationally most widely used criterion to evaluate scientific journals is based on the value of the impact Factor (FI) generated from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database published annually on the Web of Science platform from Thomson Reuters. The central argument of this article is th...
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| description | The internationally most widely used criterion to evaluate scientific journals is based on the value of the impact Factor (FI) generated from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database published annually on the Web of Science platform from Thomson Reuters. The central argument of this article is that the most complete form of evaluation of the work of scientists through metrics of easy access and general scope as the index h of Hirsch from the database of Google Scholar, plus some other considerations. The author recognizes that if the goal to achieve is to measure the impact of purely academic research, the JCR impact Factor (FI) is the most appropriate means, but if the objective is to measure the impact of research in the real world, then other metrics and assessment criteria should be used. Here it is suggested that the true relevance of the publications is reflected in a more natural way among a heterogeneous user audience with the information included in the Google Scholar platform. For developing countries, the paper highlights that it is more important to define their policies of support for research than to seek greater international visibility or global relevance of their journals. It has been shown here that the message is the important subject matter and not the means of publication. Nevertheless, scientific journals do deserve indeed the greatest attention by the responsible authorities of the sciences in developing countries. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.myb.ojs.inecol.mx:article-4222022-12-01T21:37:20Z One way to evaluate the impact of scientific research Una forma de evaluar el impacto de la investigación científica Dávalos-Sotelo, Raymundo scienciometrics impact factor Google Scholar h index Thomson Reuters cienciometría factor de impacto Google Scholar índice h Thomson Reuters The internationally most widely used criterion to evaluate scientific journals is based on the value of the impact Factor (FI) generated from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database published annually on the Web of Science platform from Thomson Reuters. The central argument of this article is that the most complete form of evaluation of the work of scientists through metrics of easy access and general scope as the index h of Hirsch from the database of Google Scholar, plus some other considerations. The author recognizes that if the goal to achieve is to measure the impact of purely academic research, the JCR impact Factor (FI) is the most appropriate means, but if the objective is to measure the impact of research in the real world, then other metrics and assessment criteria should be used. Here it is suggested that the true relevance of the publications is reflected in a more natural way among a heterogeneous user audience with the information included in the Google Scholar platform. For developing countries, the paper highlights that it is more important to define their policies of support for research than to seek greater international visibility or global relevance of their journals. It has been shown here that the message is the important subject matter and not the means of publication. Nevertheless, scientific journals do deserve indeed the greatest attention by the responsible authorities of the sciences in developing countries. El criterio más usado internacionalmente para evaluar las revistas científicas se basa en el valor del Factor de Impacto (FI) generado de la base de datos Journal of Citation Reports (JCR) publicado anualmente en la plataforma Web of Science de Thomson Reuters. El argumento central de este artículo es que la forma más completa de evaluar el trabajo de los científicos es a través de métricas de fácil acceso y de alcance general como el índice h de Hirsch a partir de la base de datos de Google Académico, más algunas otras consideraciones. Se reconoce que si se trata de medir el impacto de la investigación en ámbitos meramente académicos, el Factor de Impacto (FI) del JCR es el medio más adecuado, pero si se trata de medir el impacto de la investigación en el mundo real, entonces se deben usar otras métricas y criterios de valoración. Aquí se sugiere que con la información incluida en la plataforma de Google Scholar se refleja de una manera más natural el verdadero alcance de las publicaciones entre un público usuario más heterogéneo. Para los países en vías de desarrollo, se destaca que es más importante definir sus políticas de apoyo a la investigación que el buscar la mayor visibilidad internacional o relevancia global de sus revistas. Se ha demostrado aquí que el mensaje es lo importante y no el medio. Sin embargo, las revistas científicas merecen la mayor de las atenciones por parte de las instancias responsables de las ciencias en los países en vías de desarrollo. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2015-11-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/422 10.21829/myb.2015.210422 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 21 (2015): Número especial Madera y Bosques; Vol. 21 (2015): Número especial 2448-7597 1405-0471 spa https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/422/565 https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/422/570 Derechos de autor 2016 Madera y Bosques |
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