As it happened in all domains of human activities, economic issues and the increase of people working in scientific research have altered the way scientific production is evaluated so as the objectives of performing the evaluation. Introduced in 2005 by J. E. Hirsch as an indicator able to measure individual scientific output not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality, h index has spread throughout the world. In 2007, Hirsch proposed its adoption also as the best to predict future scientific achievement and, consequently, a useful guide for investments in research and for institutions when hiring members for their scientific staff. Since then, several authors have also been using the Thomson ISI Web of Science database to develop their proposals for evaluating research output. Here, using a software we have developed, we analyse more than 100 thousand articles and show that a subtle flaw in Web of Science can inflate the results of info collected, therefore compromising the exactness and, consequently, the effectiveness of Hirsch's proposal and its variations.
Resumo: O amplificador Lock-iné uma excelente ferramenta para medir sinais em níveis inferiores aos níveis de ruído branco e até mesmo ruído intrínseco. Permite separar sinais em fase e em quadratura, fornecendo valiosas informações sobre diferentes grandezas físicas dos sinais medidos. Atualmente no mercado existem diversos fabricantes oferecendo tanto Lock-in analógicos quanto digitais, no entanto, nenhum com tecnologia nacional, tornando difícil a aquisição deste tipo de instrumento, devido a processos burocráticos e altos custos de importação. Este artigo tem como objetivo, desenvolver um Amplificador Lock-in digital, baseado em micro-controlador, voltado para instrumentação cientifica. Para validar a aplicação do Amplificador Lock-in foi executado experimentos optoeletrônico para medidas de concentração de glicose.
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