Scientific production indicators
An indicator of scientific production lets us assess and analyze the results of a work of research or an author after their dissemination through a publication and see their impact on the scientific community.
These indicators are used to accredit teaching and research staff and to evaluate six-year research periods.
In this section you can find information on the main indicators of scientific output used to analyze both publications and researchers.
IF - Impact Factor
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SJR - Scimago Journal and Country Rank
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RESH
RESH (Revistas Españolas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades)
Information system including quality indicators for Spanish scientific journals on the social sciences and humanities. The indicators offered and integrated by this platform are those which CNEAI, ANECA and Latindex take into account in their respective evaluation systems.
SPI Schorlarly Publishers Indicators
Information system offering indicators and tools relating to scientific publishers, or publishers of relevance for research in the humanities and social sciences. It was originally created as one of the results of the research project "Categorization of Scientific Publications in the Human and Social Sciences," funded by the CSIC.
The indicators included are intended to serve as a reference (not as the definitive assessment of a publisher) in evaluation processes and permit the objectification of some concepts, such as the "prestige of the publisher."
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H-Index
The h-index is an indicator proposed by Jorge Hirsch, from the University of California, in 2005. It is one of the most relevant indicators for assessing the scientific production of a researcher, comparing the number of publications by an author and the citations they receive.
Any researcher can calculate the h-index of their publications. They just need to sort them by the number of citations received in descending order, number them and identify the point at which the order number matches the number of citations received by a publication. This number is the h-index.
This h-index is available, among others, on the platforms Web of Science y Scopus.
Índice g
The g-index is an indicator proposed by Leo Egghe, from the University of Hasselt, in 2006. This index quantifies bibliometric productivity based on authors' publication record. Like the h-index, it is measured based on the distribution of citations received by a researcher's publications, although the calculation method is more complex.
Any researcher can identify their g-index by sorting their publications by the number of citations received in descending order, numbering the position, and generating two new columns: cumulative number of citations received and the square of the position number. Next the order number is identified for the position in which the number of cumulative citations is the same as or more than the square of the position number.
The g -index of some Spanish researchers specializing in the social and human sciences can be consulted in H Index Scholar.
