Abstract
An analysis of scientific bibliographic productivity using the Hirsch h-index, information from the Institute of Scientific Information database and the Curriculum Lattes (CNPq, Brazil) was performed at the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP) that has four departments in natural, biological and social sciences. Bibliometric evaluations of undergraduate programs showed a better performance of the departments of Chemistry (P < 0.001) and Biology (P < 0.001) when compared to the departments of Physics and Mathematics and Psychology and Education. We also analyzed the scientific output of the six graduate programs of FFCLRP: Psychology, Psychobiology, Chemistry, Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology, Comparative Biology, and Entomology. The graduate program in Psychology presented a lower h-index (P < 0.001) and had fewer papers indexed by the ISI web of science (P < 0.001) when compared to the other graduate programs. The poorer performance of the Psychology program may be associated with the limited coverage by the Thompson Institute of Scientific Information database.
Highlights
In order to evaluate an individual’s scientific research output, a new scalar h-index has been proposed [1]
We analyzed the scientific output of the six graduate programs of FFCLRP: Psychology, Psychobiology, Chemistry, Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology, Comparative Biology, and Entomology
The mean values of scientific output were submitted to between-within ANOVA according to the following model: 4 “departments of undergraduate studies” (Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics, Psychology and Education) vs 3 “indexes of productivity”
Summary
In order to evaluate an individual’s scientific research output, a new scalar h-index has been proposed [1]. According to this index, a scientist with a certain h-index has h papers with at least h citations each. A scientist with a certain h-index has h papers with at least h citations each This index has the advantage of evaluating scientific output because it combines both productivity and impact of the research. The necessary data for assessing the h-index are available in the Thompson Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science and can be purchased. The applicability of the h-index to different areas of knowledge has not been well established.
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