The indexing of scientific knowledge: The need for knowledge at the service of community development and nature protection

The pandemic, the economic crisis, and climate change impose new development models of scientific production, as we suggest in this perspective study. The authors propose “new ways of evaluating academic performance,” which means stopping exclusively rewarding researchers who publish in indexed jour...

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Authors: Barra, Ricardo Orlando, Rojas-Hernandez, Jorge
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:Brasil
Institution:Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental (ABES)
Repository:Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais (Online)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.rbciamb.com.br:article/1470
Online Access:https://www.rbciamb.com.br/Publicacoes_RBCIAMB/article/view/1470
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:publish or perish; social impact; productivism; scientific colonialism.
publicar ou perecer; impacto social; produtivismo; colonialismo científico.
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Summary:The pandemic, the economic crisis, and climate change impose new development models of scientific production, as we suggest in this perspective study. The authors propose “new ways of evaluating academic performance,” which means stopping exclusively rewarding researchers who publish in indexed journals and valuing work with communities and applied interdisciplinary research, aimed at understanding socioenvironmental problems and proposing possible solutions that improve academic performance, improve quality of life of the population, and protect nature.