%0 Journal Article
%T Es adecuado el sistema espa ol de evaluaci車n de la actividad investigadora para su aplicaci車n a las Ciencias de la Tierra y otros campos afines?
%A L車pez Vera
%A F.
%A Mart赤n Sempere
%A M. J.
%A Rey Rocha
%A J.
%J Estudios Geologicos
%D 1999
%I Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient赤ficas
%R 10.3989/egeol.99553-4175
%X Through the survey  Research activities in the R&D system in Earth Sciences in Spain (1990-1994)>>, information about different aspects of the professional activity of Spanish researchers in this field has been retrieved, as well as their opinion about prevailing research evaluation criteria. Starting from survey's results, we discuss the suitability of the present Spanish scientific evaluation system for assessing research activity of said researchers. Results show scientist's disagreement with the prevailing evaluation procedures and criteria. More than 70 % of both University and CSIC researchers consider that evaluation criteria are inappropriate or unacceptable, being this percentage significantly higher than the obtained from scientists belonging to other institutions. Disagreement with evaluation criteria is significantly lower among authors that only publish in foreign journals. Positive correlation has been found between opinion about evaluation criteria and the level of consolidation and stability of research teams. Main cause of disagreement is concerned with the over-valuation of papers published in SCI journals and the scarce consideration given to high quality papers published in serious domestic journals and to other scientific contributions. Results suggest that the evaluation system could have been detrimental to researchers working in some scientific fields, but does not seem to have discriminate among basic and applied research or among research of local or national interest and those more internationally-oriented. The research evaluation system should consider the idiosyncrasy of the different scientific fields, as well as their particular and distinctive characteristics and dynamics. It should take into the adequate consideration quality scientific work that, despite being of particular importance in fields as Earth Sciences, is not published in SCI joumals. A trav谷s de la opini車n expresada por los propios investigadores, se discute la idoneidad del actual sistema espa ol de evaluaci車n de la actividad investigadora, para su aplicaci車n en el campo de las Ciencias de la Tierra. Dicha opini車n ha sido obtenida a trav谷s de la encuesta   Actividades de investigaci車n realizadas en el Sistema de I+D en Ciencias de la Tierra en Espa a, 1990-1994  , que recoge informaci車n sobre distintos aspectos de la actividad profesional de los investigadores espa oles en este campo. Los resultados muestran su desacuerdo con los criterios y el procedimiento de evaluaci車n actualmente vigentes. M芍s del 70 % tanto de los profesores universitarios como de los i
%K Earth Sciences
%K Research eva/uation
%K Science Citation Index
%K Spain
%K Ciencias de la Tierra
%K evaluaci車n cient赤fica. Science Citation Index
%K Espa a
%U http://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/175/175