Avaliação da Pesquisa: Mapeando a Estrutura do Campo

Research Evaluation topic has been the object of intense study both for its importance for multiple purposes, and as for theoretical development model system on a continuous increase of quality of research performance and societal and innovation impact. The objective of this exploratory study is to capture and mapping intellectual structure of Research Evaluation. Using networks citations we capture the latent building blocks and drivers of this theme. Data visualization and visual analytics were helpful to make an exploration of literature background; by observing citation networks and its clusters we identify key papers (seminal and highest papers) that support different areas of Research Evaluation. Main result is the Citation map with six clusters, where each cluster gives us a quick overview of those interlinked territories that provide an understanding of those different knowledge areas. This is a clear picture of this topic, useful for academic scholars, novice researchers and the practical stakeholders, interest in research evaluation policy or assessing the quality of research and its implementation. We identify Seminal and Highest citation publications. This study is the solid starting point for a deep literature review on “research evaluation”.

Keywords:
Research evaluation; Intellectual structure; Bibliometric analysis; Data visualization