Scientific Journal Impact Indexes and Indicators for Measuring Researchers' Performance Índices de impacto de las revistas científicas e indicadores para medir el rendimiento de los investigadores

Abstract

This paper describes the most relevant indicators for measuring the output, productivity and impact of researchers. The advantages and disadvantages of the most important indicators are analysed: impact of journals factor, impact of papers factor, weighted impact factor, accumulated impact factor, author impact factor, number of papers with impact factor, immediacy index, h index, internationality index, accumulated citation index, citations per paper index, citations per year index, etc. The indicators are classified in accordance with journal, papers, productivity, output and impact, etc. Finally, the paper offers some thoughts regarding the use of the different indexes. En este articulo se describen los indicadores mas relevantes para medir la produccion, la productividad y el impacto de los investigadores. Para ello, se describen y analizan las ventajas e inconvenientes de los indicadores mas importantes: factor de impacto de las revistas, factor de impacto de los articulos, factor de impacto ponderado, factor de impacto acumulado, factor de impacto del autor, numero de articulos con factor de impacto, indice de inmediatez, indice h, indice de internacionalidad, indice de citas acumuladas, indice de citas por articulo, indice de citas por ano, etc. Los indicadores se clasifican en funcion de la revista, los articulos, la productividad, la produccion, el impacto, etc. Por ultimo, se reflexiona sobre la utilidad de los distintos indices.

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