The problem of standardization of authors’ affiliations in the Web of Science database: the Embrapa case and its solution
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Affiliation. Standardization. Embrapa. Web of Science. Communication policy.Abstract
Scientific and technological production is essential in the innovation process of a country or scientific institution. However, bibliometric evaluation of this performance has been facing for many years a major challenge: the lack of accuracy of the information recorded in scientific documents and databases. This article has as main objective to verify to what extent this problem still persists in Brazilian scientific production, through literature and bibliometric investigations. In this second case, it was done, for example, a basic study on the visibility of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation in the database Web of Science .The results showed a high incidence of standardization issues, reflected in the percentage of 11.93% of variations related to the original name and acronym Embrapa. Given this result, the institution issued an internal normative resolution regulating the membership of its employees in national and international publications.Downloads
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