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Revista Española de Salud Pública
On-line version ISSN 2173-9110Print version ISSN 1135-5727
Abstract
LEON-SARMIENTO, Fidias E.; BAYONA-PRIETO, Jaime and LEON-S, Martha E.. Concepts, Confusions and Contradictions on the Impact Factor in Colombia. Rev. Esp. Salud Publica [online]. 2007, vol.81, n.2, pp.147-154. ISSN 2173-9110.
Latin American scientists are making tremendous efforts to conduct good-quality research worthy of being published internationally. However, Colciencias, an entity created to support this research in Colombia, introduced scienciometric evaluations which had been re-evaluated elsewhere some time ago, based on measurements of aspects such as the ill-termed "impact factor". Even more serious is that the aforementioned government office is unaware that measures are based on debated mathematical principles, placing Colombian science at imminent risk of suffering from an academic yatrogeny of irreparable consequences. Therefore, an urgent restructuring of the way in which Colombias scientific production is to be evaluated is thus mandatory before these measures have a negative impact thereon.
Keywords : Biometrics; Colombia; Impact Factor; Bibliometric.