24.07.2018
Universalizing science: alternative indices to direct research
« Measurement is a complicated but very necessary task. Many indices have been created in an effort to define the quality of knowledge produced but they have attracted strong criticism, having become synonymous with individualism, competition and mere productivity and, furthermore, they fail to head science towards addressing local demands or towards producing international knowledge by means of collaboration. Institutions, countries, publishers, governments and authors have a latent need to create quality and productivity indices because they can serve as filters that influence far-reaching decision making and even decisions on the professional promotion of university teachers. (…) »
source > arxiv.org, Ari Melo Mariano, Maíra Rocha Santos, 19 juillet 2018, arXiv:1807.07595v1
