Scientific indicators: Negative evaluations positive propositions

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY. FOR THIS REASON, THE EVALUATION OF ITS PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFECTIVENESS HAVE BECOME IMPERATIVE. THE MOSTO COMMOM MEDIA CHOSEN BY RESEARCHERS TO DISEEMINATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS PRIMARY JOURNALS. THE DISTRIBUTION, DISPERSION, IMPACT, AND DIFFUSION OF THE ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THESE JOURNALS CAN BE DEDUCED THROUGH THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE VARIABLES WHICH CHARACTERIZE AND DEFINE 5THE BEHAVIOR FOR EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE. THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN THIS TYPE OF WORK PROVIDE THE DATA NEEDED FOR MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING INFORMATION AND SCIENTIFIC POLICIES. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED IN THIS PAPER, SCIENTIFIC INDICATORS ARE SUGGESTED IN THE INFORMATION BEING OBTAINED FROM THE UNAM RESEARCHERS CURRICULA VITARUM IN THE SCIENTIFIC AREA. THE STATED GOAL BEING TO GIVE OBJECTIVE RESULTS WITHOUT THE TYPICAL BASES USUALLY PRESENT IN COMMERCIAL DATABASES