Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida, Miguel, Sandra and De-Moya-Anegón, Félix What factors affect the visibility of Argentinean publications in humanities and social sciences in Scopus? Some evidence beyond the geographic realm of research. Scientometrics, 2014. (In Press) [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
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English abstract
Argentina´s patterns of publication in the humanities and social sciences were studied for the period 2003-2012, using the Scopus database and distinguishing the geographic realm of the research. The results indicate that “topics of national scope” have grown and gained international visibility. They can be broadly characterized as having Spanish as the language of publication, and a marked preference for single authorship; in contrast, the publication of “global topics”, not geographically limited, characteristically have English as the language of divulgation, and institutional collaboration is stronger and more consolidated. Citation is apparently not determined only by the geographic realm of research, but also by language of publication, co-authorship, and the profiles of the journals where published. These results could contribute to constructive reflection upon publishing policy. The existence of a community of journals that tolerates biased patterns may make researchers echo and perpetuate poor practices, constructing or adapting the channels of communication. Such results also prove useful as a point of reference when evaluation criteria are elaborated by scientific committees, as unsupervised promotion and evaluation patterns could become based on local or overly subjective precepts, disregarding the disciplinary practices of the international scientific community.
Spanish abstract
Se analizan los patrones de publicación y citación en ciencias humanas y sociales en Scopus en el período 2003-2012, según el alcance geográfico de la investigación. Los resultados muestran que los temas de alcance nacional tienen un predominio del español como lengua de publicación y una marcada preferencia por la autoría única frente a los patrones observados en el grupo de otros temas, no situados geográficamente, donde el inglés y la colaboración institucional es más fuerte y está más consolidada. La citación no parece estar determinada solo por el alcance geográfico de las investigaciones, sino también por el idioma de publicación, la coautoría y los perfiles de las revistas donde se publica. Se espera que los resultados den lugar a una reflexión constructiva sobre la cultura investigadora y editorial y que sean útiles como referencia para establecer criterios de evaluación en las comisiones evaluadoras y las políticas editoriales a nivel nacional
Item type: | Journal article (Unpaginated) |
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Keywords: | Bibliometrics, Publication patterns, Citation, Scientific collaboration, Language of publication, Journals, Evaluation criteria, Argentina, Topics of national scope, Topics of global scope, Scopus, Bibliometría, Patrones de publicación, Colaboración científica, Lengua de publicación, Revistas, Criterios de evaluación, Temas de alcance nacional, Temas de alcance internacional |
Subjects: | B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information. B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods |
Depositing user: | Sandra Miguel |
Date deposited: | 07 Oct 2014 23:05 |
Last modified: | 07 Oct 2014 23:05 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/23788 |
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