Authors: Harlley Lima Thiago H P Silva Mirella M Moro Rodrygo L T Santos Wagner Meira Alberto H F Laender
Publish Date: 2015/03/26
Volume: 103, Issue: 3, Pages: 879-896
Abstract
Quantitative and qualitative studies of scientific performance provide a measure of scientific productivity and represent a stimulus for improving research quality Whatever the goal eg hiring firing promoting or funding such analyses may inform research agencies on directions for funding policies In this article we perform a datadriven assessment of the performance of top Brazilian computer science researchers considering three central dimensions career length number of students mentored and volume of publications and citations In addition we analyze the researchers’ publishing strategy based upon their area of expertise and their focus on venues of different impact Our findings demonstrate that it is necessary to go beyond counting publications to assess research quality and show the importance of considering the peculiarities of different areas of expertise while carrying out such an assessmentThe authors would like to thank Isac Sandin UFMG for his invaluable help with processing data from the Lattes Platform as well as the team behind the SHINE project notably Prof Altigran S da Silva UFAM The authors would also like to acknowledge the financial support from InWeb—National Institute of Science and Technology for the Web and their individual grants from CNPq and FAPEMIG
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