NDLI: Importance and susceptibility of scientific productivity indicators: two sides of the same coin

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Author	Oliveira, Alexandre Rodrigues Mello, Carlos Fernando
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	We investigated whether applicants or recipients of research productivity fellowships of the main research financing agency in Brazil (CNPq) would consider the most “important products and indicators” of scientific/academic activity those also considered the least susceptible. We hypothesized that perception of susceptibility and importance of productivity indicators would vary according to the fellowship level of the grantees. Seven hundred and two scientists, being 79 non-grantees and 623 recipients of research productivity fellowships in the area of biosciences participated in the study. The scientists were requested to score the importance of a series of indicators (i.e., total number of published articles, number of articles as first author, number of articles as last/corresponding author, H-index, books and others, totalizing 39 variables) using a Likert scale. After completing the evaluation of the symbolic importance of all indicators, the scientists scored the “susceptibility” of the same indicators. The most important products and indicators of productivity were also those considered the least susceptible. Local, national and international prizes, publications or grants were increasingly perceived as more important and less susceptible. Moreover, the symbolic magnitude of susceptibility and importance of the elements (indicators) of the curriculum varied according to the productivity fellowship level of the grantee and gender. Despite the observed differences, a consensus of the most important and least susceptible products and indicators could be established. Ultimate individual responsibility and international projection are common characteristics of the most important and least susceptible indicators of scientific productivity.
Starting Page	697
Ending Page	722
Page Count	26
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01389130
Journal	Scientometrics
Volume Number	109
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15882861
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-07-08
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Productivity indicators Importance Susceptibility Symbolic magnitude Grant review Information Storage and Retrieval Library Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Library and Information Sciences Computer Science Applications

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