Come valutare la ricerca nelle Aziende Ospedaliero-Universitarie? Metodi e proposte operative

Journal title MECOSAN
Author/s Sara Barsanti, Silvia Giovanelli, Sabina Nuti
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/90
Language Italian Pages 24 P. 9-32 File size 424 KB
DOI 10.3280/MESA2014-090002
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At international level, the measurement of the Teaching Hospitals (THs) performance is mainly focused on clinical quality and on major costs with regards to teaching and non teaching settings; even if research activities represent one of the three main issues that define the triple mission of these institutions, they are rarely evaluated. Using Tuscan THs as case studies, the authors propose a set of bibliometrics indicators based on the Impact Factor (IF) to systematically evaluate research outputs of the THs. Despite, the international debate on the IF is still ongoing, this is the most common indicator to measure research activities, considering the availability, the objectivity and the feasibility of its calculation.

Keywords: Scientific productivity, research, evaluation, Teaching Hospital, Impact Factor, bibliometric indicators

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Sara Barsanti, Silvia Giovanelli, Sabina Nuti, Come valutare la ricerca nelle Aziende Ospedaliero-Universitarie? Metodi e proposte operative in "MECOSAN" 90/2014, pp 9-32, DOI: 10.3280/MESA2014-090002