Title |
Evaluation of scientific production in different subareas of Public Health: limits of the current model and contributions to the debate
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Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, October 2015
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DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00065515 |
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Authors |
Jorge Alberto Bernstein Iriart, Suely Ferreira Deslandes, Denise Martin, Kenneth Rochel de Camargo, Marilia Sá Carvalho, Cláudia Medina Coeli |
Abstract |
The aim of this study was to discuss the limits of the quantitative evaluation model for scientific production in Public Health. An analysis of the scientific production of professors from the various subareas of Public Health was performed for 2010-2012. Distributions of the mean annual score for professors were compared according to subareas. The study estimated the likelihood that 60% of the professors in the graduate studies programs scored P50 (Very Good) or higher in their area. Professors of Epidemiology showed a significantly higher median annual score. Graduate studies programs whose faculty included at least 60% of Epidemiology professors and fewer than 10% from the subarea Social and Human Sciences in Health were significantly more likely to achieve a "Very Good" classification. The observed inequalities in scientific production between different subareas of Public Health point to the need to rethink their evaluation in order to avoid reproducing iniquities that have harmful consequences for the field's diversity. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 4 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
Scientists | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 15 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Professor | 3 | 20% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 13% |
Researcher | 2 | 13% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 13% |
Other | 2 | 13% |
Unknown | 2 | 13% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 33% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 20% |
Arts and Humanities | 1 | 7% |
Neuroscience | 1 | 7% |
Chemistry | 1 | 7% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 4 | 27% |