Indicators of Ibero-American scientific production

Abstract

The evaluation of scientific activity is a difficult task due to the way in which knowledge areas mix its objects, theories, methods and techniques to produce new ways of seeing reality; however, the use of qualitative parameters such as evaluation by peers, quantitative indicators of publications, and information technology are the elements used in the evaluation of scientific production. In this direction, the bibliometric indicators are used to evaluate the results of investments in research and the publication of scientific articles, production of patents and answer the questions about the impact of research in the scientific community. 204,000 scientific documents produced by Spain and 163,000 by Brazil. These countries have the core of most productive universities and their combined production is responsible for two thirds of the total scientific production developed in the Ibero-American HEI. The ranking of the top ten HEI is:

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