Environment for scholarship and journal impact factor in Brazil: case study.
Background: Universities worldwide are seeking objective measures for the assessment of their faculties' research products, to improve their national and international standing. Despite concerns, many have adopted bibliometric measures such as the impact factor (IF) of journals for these purposes. T...
| Publicado en: | Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 11 - 12 |
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| Formato: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Fundacao Euclides da Cunha de Apoio Institucional a UFF
2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105195264&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105195264 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 16764285 1CZ7 jtl: Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing issn: 16764285 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2010 vid: 9 iid: 1 pid: 24737 pub: Fundacao Euclides da Cunha de Apoio Institucional a UFF artinfo: ui: 105195264 105195264 2010649058 10.5935/1676-4285.20102743 105195264 ppf: 11 ppct: 1 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: T tig: atl: Environment for scholarship and journal impact factor in Brazil: case study. aug: au: Ketefian S Mendes IAC affil: University of Michigan School of Nursing, Michigan, USA sug: subj: Journal Impact Factor Research, Nursing Evaluation Serial Publications Brazil Case Studies Content Validity Faculty, Nursing Human Questionnaires ab: Background: Universities worldwide are seeking objective measures for the assessment of their faculties' research products, to improve their national and international standing. Despite concerns, many have adopted bibliometric measures such as the impact factor (IF) of journals for these purposes. The objective of this study was to explore conditions created within Brazil as a result of national and institutional policies requiring faculty to publish in high IF journals, and the extent to which these facilitated or hindered the development of nursing science. Design: The design was a case study, with the country as the unit of analysis. A key informant for the country was identified to assist in identifying institutions and individuals for participation, and to provide relevant information on the context within the country. Faculty members of senior rank from six of the highly ranked nursing doctoral programs were invited to participate. Methods: A data collection instrument was developed; it has content validity. The study was approved by a human subject review committee. Five respondents provided information. All communication occurred electronically. Results: Respondents confirmed the presence of national and institution policies, but faculty committees, in the main, did not use it. There was general criticism of the policy. The policy led to competition rather than cooperation. Characterization of current published works in the country did not convey high regard for such publications. Conclusions: The policy in the country does not seem to have created an environment conducive to collaboration or interactions with international scholars, nor does it seem to have led to scientific production viewed as noteworthy. This may in part be due to the lack of general acceptance of the policy and/or the opportunities provided by newer regional data bases for indexing publications. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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