Bach Jean-François
Secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie des sciences, Membre de l'Académie nationale de Médecine.
Bull Acad Natl Med. 2011 Jun;195(6):1223-33.
Quantitative analysis of publications and their citations, a procedure known as bibliometrics, has become increasingly important in the evaluation of scientists and clinicians. In the clinical setting, bibliometrics is used for the calculation of hospital budgets. While bibliometrics is attractive because it rapidly provides numbers that bear a certain relation to scientific productivity, it is often misused. The parameters chosen are questionable and sometimes worthless because of material errors or inappropriate use. More importantly, reducing the activity of a scientist or physician simply to the number of his or her publications or citations, without analyzing the importance and impact of the work itself can lead to serious errors.
对出版物及其引用情况进行定量分析，即所谓的文献计量学，在评估科学家和临床医生方面变得越来越重要。在临床环境中，文献计量学用于计算医院预算。虽然文献计量学很有吸引力，因为它能迅速提供与科研生产力有一定关联的数字，但它经常被滥用。所选择的参数存在问题，有时由于实质性错误或使用不当而毫无价值。更重要的是，仅仅将科学家或医生的活动简化为其出版物或引用次数，而不分析工作本身的重要性和影响力，可能会导致严重错误。
