Dynamics of the modern Venezuelan research community profile

Requena, Jaime

doi:10.1007/s11192-005-0261-8

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“…The study showed the evolution of national publication activity, research profiles, international collaboration and citation impact in the periods 1992-1994 and 2004-2006. The region of Central America and The Caribbean was not completely unknown to the professionals, as scientometricians have published important, but mainly specialised articles on topics like Cuban or Colombian publications in databases (Ruiz et al 2005;Anduckia et al 2000), scientometric analysis of certain subject fields (Torricella-Morales et al 2000;Macias-Chapula et al 1999;Guzman et al 1998;Wainer et al 2009) and even the dynamics of research profiles (Requena 2005), but a broader, comparative overview of the region has remained relatively unrevealed till these days. Traditionally more attention was paid to larger countries in South America, e.g., Brazil (Glänzel et al 2006;Leta et al 2006) or in the context of research in BRICS countries (Zitt et al 2006;Bouabid et al 2016).…”

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Scientometric research assessment in the developing world: A tribute to Michael J. Moravcsik from the perspective of the twenty-first century

Glänzel¹,

Zhang²

2018

Scientometrics

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Proceeding from Moravcsik's paradigmatic ideas of how to build indigenous capability and sustainable science systems in developing countries, we attempted to further focus on the peculiarities of the twenty-first century and the new challenges of globalisation. In doing so, we selected three particular topics deemed relevant in this context: increase of international visibility and reception by the international community, international collaboration and the participation in research in emerging fields. We analysed these issues using the example of 16 developing countries and emerging economies. We found that several countries achieve an impressive citation impact with a considerable share of highly cited papers. The high impact proved to be associated with international collaboration. We also found two extreme situations in international collaboration, both of which might form challenges in building sustainable national science systems and research structures. Research activity in emerging research topics, finally, showed the presence of developing countries in highly topical research and their capability to contribute also to newest research trends.

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Scientometric research assessment in the developing world: A tribute to Michael J. Moravcsik from the perspective of the twenty-first century

Glänzel¹,

Zhang²

2018

Scientometrics

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“…The versatility and quality of the information collected by Biblios may be evidenced through studies in the various dimensions of the Venezuelan research activity, such as dynamics [15], chemistry [16], scientific investigation [17], technological development [18] or biology [19]. (20) years.…”

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The colors of biotechnology in Venezuela: A bibliometric analysis

Vega

Requena

Fernández-Gómez

2015

Technology in Society

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“…One of the most significant contributions of the procedure that segments a group of scientists accordingly to the commitment to research, as obtained from their pattern of publication through time, is the confirmation of an aging process for the national community; in the last 20 years, the average age of the Venezuelan 'Active' scientist went from 41 in 1985 to almost 48 in 2005 (Requena 2005).…”

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Life sciences research in Venezuela

2011

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The development, current status and dynamics of research in biology related domains in Venezuela is examined through the study of demographic, academic distribution, scientific output and productivity, for two sets of investigators that fit a profile outlined for life sciences researchers or scientists. The first group corresponds to biologists extracted from the ranks of the official Program for the Promotion of Researchers (PPI), the other, pulled out from those that publish in biologically oriented journals, indexed by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI). Both sets of biology scientists, PPI researchers or Web of Science/ISI scientists, show similar characteristics. The number (absolute and relative) of PPI member that are supposedly dedicated to biological research but do not publish in ISI indexed journals was found to be very similar to the number of supposedly non biologist members of the PPI Program that do publish biological articles in ISI indexed journals. There is also an ongoing feminization process, of academic hierarchies. Female biologists predominate in lower academic ranks and in research cadres, as many as 70% in some areas of biology. This contrasts with the pattern of male predominance observed during the second half of twentieth century in the country. Productivity of Venezuelan biologists seems to depend on gender; men are more productive that their female counterparts. From the bibliometric standpoint, it is found that, on average, 30% of all publications produced in the country are related to biology (or life sciences). The Venezuelan biologists network qualifies neither as a 'Small World' nor it follows the 'Scale Free' model. Finally, in a country rich in renewable natural resources, it seems that the Venezuelan

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Dynamics of the modern Venezuelan research community profile

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Scientometric research assessment in the developing world: A tribute to Michael J. Moravcsik from the perspective of the twenty-first century

Scientometric research assessment in the developing world: A tribute to Michael J. Moravcsik from the perspective of the twenty-first century

The colors of biotechnology in Venezuela: A bibliometric analysis

Life sciences research in Venezuela

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