Circulation indicators
A multi-scalar perspective to measure the Latin American scientific and technological production
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https://doi.org/10.24215/26183188e028Keywords:
Circulation indicators, multi-scalarity, recognition circuits, institutional styles, knowledge production, measurement of scientific productionAbstract
In the concept that there is a mainstream science and, by contrast, a "peripheral" science, publications in journals indexed by Web of Science and the type of indicators used to measure world scientific and technological (ST) production, have played, without doubt, a fundamental role. These parameters became the main elements used for the institutional and individual evaluation also in the periphery. Hence the urgent need to create new tools for measuring the periphery ST production that can break with the vicious circle that commercializes evaluative cultures. Circulation indicators have been proposed as a possible response to this challenge, since they contemplate the diversity of production styles and the multi-scalarity of university interactions. This paper presents advances made in this area. On the one hand, in relation to the Latin American circuit of scientific journals, which has not yet been able to offer regional indicators of the published ST production, for its valorization in evaluation processes. On the other hand, in relation to the styles of knowledge production in universities, in order to examine the circulation of ST production on a local scale.
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