Evaluation of scientific production: short critical analysis

Authors

  • Elea Giménez-Toledo CSIC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.21.1.5160

Keywords:

Evaluation, Scientific Communication, Scientific Publishing, Journals, Scientific Journals

Abstract

A historic review (fundamentally centered in Spain, but with multiple references to other international fields) of the evaluation process of scientific production has been carried out, mainly of periodicals. Available alternatives have also been analyzed after a turbulent period that has seen varied instruments for journal revision disappear. Finally some of the tendencies and necessities in the field of scientific publication evaluation that will presumably mark the future development of future instruments and procedures are identified.

Author Biography

Elea Giménez-Toledo, CSIC

[ORCID: 0000-0001-5425-0003 ]. Researcher at CSIC , graduated and PhD in Documentation . Her research focuses on the evaluation processes of scientific activity in the humanities and social sciences. She has co-authored platforms journal evaluation DICE , RESH and CIRC DICE, RESH and CIRC and head of the Spanish part of Latindex . She is coauthor of the ranking of publishers SPI ( Scholarly Publisher Indicators) . Her postal address is: Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid

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Published

2015-05-07

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2015)

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Research Articles

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