Comparison of scientists of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA on the basis of the h-index

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dc.contributor.authorMugnaini, R. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorPacker, Abel Laerte [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMeneghini, Rogerio [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionCtr Latino Amer & Caribe Informacao Ciencias Saud
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-15T16:24:02Z
dc.date.available2018-06-15T16:24:02Z
dc.date.issued2008-04-01
dc.description.abstractA new scientometric indicator, the h-index, has been recently proposed (Hirsch JE. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2005; 102: 16569-16572). The index avoids some shortcomings of the calculation of the total number of citations as a parameter to evaluate scientific performance. Although it has become known only recently, it has had widespread acceptance. A comparison of the average h-index of members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (NAS-USA) was carried out for 10 different areas of science. Although, as expected, the comparison was unfavorable to the members of the BAS, the imbalance was distinct in different areas. Since these two academies represent, to a significant extent, the science of top quality produced in each country, the comparison allows the identification of the areas in Brazil that are closer to the international stakeholders of scientific excellence. The areas of Physics and Mathematics stand out in this context. The heterogeneity of the h-index in the different areas, estimated by the median dispersion of the index, is significantly higher in the BAS than in the NAS-USA. No elements have been collected in the present study to provide an explanation for this fact.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Informat Saude, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Escola Comunicacoes & Artes, Nucleo Pesquisa Prod Cient, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationCtr Latino Amer & Caribe Informacao Ciencias Saud, OPAS OMS, BIREME, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Informat Saude, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Escola Comunicacoes & Artes, Nucleo Pesquisa Prod Cient, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent258-262
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2008000400001
dc.identifier.citationBrazilian Journal Of Medical And Biological Research. Sao Paulo: Assoc Bras Divulg Cientifica, v. 41, n. 4, p. 258-262, 2008.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0100-879X2008000400001
dc.identifier.fileS0100-879X2008000400001.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0100-879X
dc.identifier.scieloS0100-879X2008000400001
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/43133
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000254737100001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAssoc Bras Divulg Cientifica
dc.relation.ispartofBrazilian Journal Of Medical And Biological Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectscientometricsen
dc.subjectbibliometricsen
dc.subjectindex hen
dc.subjectscience evaluationen
dc.subjectscientific academyen
dc.titleComparison of scientists of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA on the basis of the h-indexen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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