Services Assistance in the evaluation of scientific research
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 , Raffaella Moscatelli , Marta Motta
- Humanities Library: Madalina Anca, Lucia Denarosi, Margherita Loconsolo