Assistance in the evaluation of scientific research
Who is it for?
The service, active in each area library, is for all structured and non-structured staff of the University and users of contracted institutions; it can be requested by an individual user or a department or complex unit.
Offered Services
Support to the staff of bibliometric SSDs (scientific disciplinary areas) to calculate productivity and impact indicators on the main citational and analytical platforms: Web of Science (WoS), Journal Citation Reports, Scopus, and Scival.
Support to the staff of non-bibliometric SSDs (scientific disciplinary areas) to retrieve the information needed to assess the impact of scientific production.
In particular:
- Simulations/calculations for candidates for Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (ASN) [National Scientific Qualification];
- Assisting faculty/researchers in procedures related to products to be submitted for ministerial evaluation in national evaluation exercises (VQR);
- Advising on applications for funding calls, for the parts related to presenting the impact of scientific production.
Consulting and training activities
- Use of bibliometric databases and related analytical platforms;
- Procedures for entering/correcting products in the Flore institutional repository;
- Correction of author profiles found in Scopus and Web of Science.
Contacts
Contact persons in the libraries:
- Biomedical Library: Ilaria Bitossi, Alida Daniele, Tessa Piazzini. Write to ref-biomedica-group@unifi.it
- Sciences Library: Fabio Bonechi, Sabina Cavicchi, Melisa Di Nardo
- Social Sciences Library: Benedetta Calonaci, Laura Magni, Silvia Molteni
- Technology Library: Simona Carbone (Engineering), Raffaella Moscatelli (Agriculture), Marta Motta (Architecture)
- Humanities Library: Madalina Anca, Lucia Denarosi, Margherita Loconsolo
Last update
08.05.2024