Browsing by Subject "Scientific evaluation"

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    Imposturas en el ecosistema de la publicación científica
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2014-01-31) Giménez Toledo, Elea
    The profound changes occurring in the way in which scientists communicate their findings, as well as the changes in the publishing industry, and certainly the well-established and growing "culture of evaluation", are causes of deception, imbalance or contradictions among the various agents that make up what has been termed ecosystem of publication. What follows only a brief account. Some come from institutions, others from the publishing world, and others emerge from scientists themselves. By identifying them, one may observe the relations within this ecosystem and the influence that behaviours may have on one another. It is also possible to detect the relation of forces involved in this area and the variables available to researchers, so that they may decide whether to participate or not in a particular publication scheme.
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    La perspectiva de género en los sistemas de evaluación de la producción científica
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2007-01-01) Lara, Catalina
    A society with gender stereotypes produces a science impregnated with gender bias. This determines both the scientific contents and the selection of people taking part in the generation of scientific knowledge. In all western countries, the percentage of women in high positions in the science and technology system is extraordinarily low. In this article, case analysis are presented showing that the evaluation of scientific activity, which is a mandatory step in the selection and financing of researchers, may be directly or indirectly affected of gender bias. Even evaluation criteria which appear to be neutral with respect to gender may have an unwanted gender impact. It seems very necessary to establish transparent systems of evaluation of scientific production and to analyse the evaluation criteria and their results under a gender perspective in order to uncover possible gender biases that might be supporting the glass ceiling in the academic career of women scientists.