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18229
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
L0
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| ECTS Credits |
1
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| Workload |
O (15H)/T(3H)/TP(9H)
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| Scientific area |
Management
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Entry requirements |
The target audience are doctoral candidates, postdocs and researchers.
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Learning outcomes |
This course aims at providing an overview on metascience, the systematic and
empirical study of how science and research is conducted, organized, evaluated, and disseminated.
Participants will develop key skills for understanding how scientific activity operates, functions, and evolves as an individual or collective socioeconomic endeavour.
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Syllabus |
19/05 - 14h00 to 15h30 - Module 1:
Course overview and evaluation. Definitions and terminology. Historical view of the research field of metascience.
19/05 - 15h45 to 17h15 - Module 2:
Bibliometric databases. Leiden manifesto and San Francisco Declaration.
20/05 - 14h00 to 15h30 - Module 3:
Authorship and scientific credit. Researcher’s performance: the h index.
20/05 - 15h45 to 17h15 - Module 4:
Citations and scientific impact. Scientific collaboration and teamwork.
21/05 - 14h00 to 15h30 - Module 5:
The journal Impact Factor and other alternative journal-metrics.
21/05 - 15h45 to 17h15 - Module 6:
University rankings: Shanghai ranking and other institutional rankings.
22/05 - 9h15 to 10h45 - Module 7:
Research productivity: gender and geography bias. Matthew effect in
science.
22/05 - 11h00 to 12h30 - Module 8:
Evaluation. Tools and resources.
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Main Bibliography |
The Science of Science. 2021. Dashun Wang and Albert-László Barabási. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108610834
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Participants will be expected to prepare an essay and present an article of the field in a journal club.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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