Evaluating scientific research assessment

Abstract

This document is part of the PARA UNA TRANSFORMACION DE LA EVALUACIÓN DE LA CIENCIA EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE Series (FOLEC, CLACSO) (TOWARDS A TRANSFORMATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Series) which is made up of three documents: Evaluando la evaluación de la producción científica (Evaluating Scientific Research Assessment) devoted to gathering the main elements pertaining to the in-depth debates which affect academic assessment in Latin America and the rest of the world; Diagnóstico y propuestas para una iniciativa regional (Diagnosis and proposals towards a regional initiative), a prepositive document which is offered as a foundation for the regional debate towards the creation of recommendations agreed upon by all CLACSO member centers and a Declaración de Principios (Declaration of Principles) which is offered for discussion towards the construction of a common horizon to underpin the regional initiatives and its interaction with the global debates.