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On the proper use of bibliometrics to evaluate individual researchers
[Du bon usage de la bibliométrie pour l'évaluation individuelle des chercheurs]

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  • Jean-François Bach
  • J.F. Bach

    (Tolérance immunitaire et présentation antigénique: impact en auto-immunité et en transplantation - UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Denis Jérome

    (LPS - Laboratoire de Physique des Solides - UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Brigitte d'Artemare

Abstract

Individual evaluation of researchers is still a subjective process that suffers from numerous potential biases. The Académie has examined the use of quantitative bibliometrics, which are considered to be more objective, and has made a number of recommendations on rigorous rules that should be followed when using bibliometrics to support qualitative evaluations. Such rules should be recognized internationally, at least at the European level. The issue of bibliometric evaluation is a complex one and is still being debated. Strong opinions have arisen for and against its use that depend greatly on the scientific field.

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  • Jean-François Bach & J.F. Bach & Denis Jérome & Brigitte d'Artemare, 2011. "On the proper use of bibliometrics to evaluate individual researchers [Du bon usage de la bibliométrie pour l'évaluation individuelle des chercheurs]," Working Papers hal-00604136, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-00604136
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    1. Lorna Wildgaard & Jesper W. Schneider & Birger Larsen, 2014. "A review of the characteristics of 108 author-level bibliometric indicators," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 101(1), pages 125-158, October.
    2. Nikolaos A. Kazakis & Anastasios D. Diamantidis & Leonidas L. Fragidis & Miltos K. Lazarides, 2014. "Evaluating the research performance of the Greek medical schools using bibliometrics," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 98(2), pages 1367-1384, February.
    3. Wildgaard, Lorna, 2016. "A critical cluster analysis of 44 indicators of author-level performance," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 1055-1078.
    4. Juan Gorraiz & Christian Gumpenberger, 2015. "A flexible bibliometric approach for the assessment of professorial appointments," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 105(3), pages 1699-1719, December.
    5. David A. Pendlebury, 2019. "Charting a path between the simple and the false and the complex and unusable: Review of Henk F. Moed, Applied Evaluative Informetrics [in the series Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientifi," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 119(1), pages 549-560, April.

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