Challenges and perspectives of academic evaluation

Revista de Saúde Pública

Francisco Inacio P M Bastos¹ 

关键词: Researcher Performance Evaluation Systems;    Scientific Publication Indicators;    Periodicals as Topic;    Science;    Technology and Innovation Indicators;    Sistemas de Creditos e Avaliacao de Pesquisadores;    Indicadores de Producao Cientifica;    Publicacoes Periodicas como Assunto;    Indicadores de Ciencia;    Tecnologia e Inovacao;    Sistemas de Creditos y Evaluacion de Investigadores;    Indicadores de Produccion Cientifica;    Publicaciones Periodicas como Asunto;    Indicadores de Ciencia;    Tecnologia e Innovacion;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004988

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Academic evaluation has been an essential component of modern science since its inception, as science has moved away from personalized patronage toward its contemporary role as an essential enterprise of contemporary, democratic societies. In recent years, Brazil has experienced sustained growth in its scientific output, which is nowadays fully compatible with its status as a high middle-income country striving to become a fully developed, more equitable country in the years to come. Growth usually takes place amidst challenges and dilemmas and, in Brazil as elsewhere, academic evaluation is not exempt from such difficulties. In a large, profoundly heterogeneous country with a national evaluation system and nationwide on-line platforms disseminating information on the most disparate fields of knowledge, the main challenges refer to how to pay attention to detail without losing sight of comprehensiveness and how to handle social and regional diversity while preserving academic excellence as the fundamental benchmark.

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