Some data bases as japanes science and technologies (JST), Australian ARC, STMA-Z zentralblatt.org and many other make an ierarhy of the articles from Universities and Researches Institutions.
Other DataBase, as Scopus, use specifical evaluation of the journals and Conferences papers but the articles must have different estimated values or score. How they do that? Based only on citations is impossible, because more of the cited small level articles have not grate score.
Your question is very ambigous. What you are actually interested in? Article rank or research results on the specific topic?
Yes, we may. But, from the standpoint of Latin America we should be aware that international repositories bias the citations of this region, because much of its intellectual production is written in Spanis or Portuguese, and sometimes the subjects focsed are of reginal interest. But, nevertheless you can not avoid consuling international databases
Dear Pedro,
If you read the explanation of the question, and not only the question per se, you will notice that it has nothing to do with data repositories, but rather with research publishing and funding, and in fact it is difficult to conceive, which question is actually posed.
While we measure & evaluate research productivity of an individual, institute, city, region, and country, etc., definitly both national and foreign (international) tools/databases should be used to culout relevant data/information for realistic results. The results based on single data sets, either national or foreign, will be away from reality. If any organization rely solely on foreign (international) data sets, they are promoting and marketing foreign publications and reasons thereof, are known to them only.
Dear Chand, the problem is more simple that you consider. In any research the new way is very important. The solutions of some problems become more general, such the old and acceptable solution become a particulars case. That results of researches works are considerate in the international date base selection. If the collective of the researcher want or not, accept or not the work begone more visible that one ordinary. So, is possible that the solution to be uses by other researcher to there work. Actually, many of them, forgot the citation but they use frequently in there work that new way.
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