I have seen in the last decades in Latin America, that countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia, have move to try to organize national systems of research, in which the classification of research groups as well of researchers, is officially made in a periodical way. E.g. in Colombia, research groups, after criteria-based measurement (based mainly in article and other products historic and recent performance), classifies them in four levels: A1 (highest recognition), A, B and C. Also researchers as: junior, associate and senior (highest recognition). Then, my question is in which other countries, a national science agency classifies and certifies the research groups and researchers officially?
Recent results (2017) of classification of research groups and researchers in Colombia by the national agency Colciencias (in Spanish):
http://www.colciencias.gov.co/sites/default/files/convocatoria/resultados-preliminares-grupos-conv-781-_consulta.pdf
http://www.colciencias.gov.co/sites/default/files/convocatoria/resultados-preliminares-investigadores-conv-781-_consulta.pdf
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Senior Researcher,
Research Group Public Health and Infection A1,
Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira,
Colombia.
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Hi Dr. Rodriguez-Morales
In Mexico for the certification of researchers there is an institutional body called CONACYT (National Council of Science and Technology) that regulates the entrance to the national system of researchers (SNI), fulfilling well established criteria that certify to the investigators, being necessary to recertify periodically
https://www.conacyt.gob.mx/index.php/el-conacyt/sistema-nacional-de-investigadores
Similarly, there are institutions such as the Mexican social insurance institute, which has its own selection criteria, and subsequently enters SNI
http://www.imss.gob.mx/sites/all/statics/profesionalesSalud/investigacionSalud/normativaInst/2810-003-003_anexo2.pdf
sincerely
Luis del Carpio-Orantes
Something roughly similar exists in Poland. There are 4 ranks: A+,A,B,C.
See e.g. http://www.nauka.gov.pl/komitet-ewaluacji-jednostek-naukowych-main/ (in Polish) for further details.
I am not aware of such a body yet in Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa. Probably this could be an eye opener.
I'd like to know too, I feel that perhaps the U.S. is moving in this direction....slowly and with resistance
In Mexico, the National Researchers System (SNI) evaluates individuals in order to certify them as researchers. You can also register your group whithin to Conacyt council. If you have a SNI and a researcher group, your group might have higher odds of receiving funding, but even in SNI, there are degrees.
The CONACYT´s are fine intruments in some countries.
There is no regional quality certification organization yet.
Definitely, work to be done
In Colombia is Colciencias (https://www.colciencias.gov.co/)
David you did not read my question in detail:
" I have seen in the last decades in Latin America, that countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia,..."
"In which other countries, a national science agency classifies and certifies the research groups and researchers officially?"
I am Senior Research of an A1 group, by Colciencias.
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