Bibliometric indicators in Physical Education research: Brazil in comparison

Bibliometric indicators and international publishing in physical and rehabilitation medicine.

Taking a Snapshot: Four Bibliometric Indicators to Track Engineering Education Research Evolution

In recent years, as engineering education research (EER) has evolved as an area of study, questions of its disciplinary status, global reach and diffusion of educational innovation have been raised. Bibliometric analysis, mainly employing author affiliation data and citation analysis, has been shown to be effective in gathering relevant data on these issues. In this paper, the authors broaden t...

The Relationship of Research Capabilities and Information Literacy with Research Anxiety in Physical Education Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of research capabilities and information literacy with research anxiety prediction in postgraduate students of physical education. The research method was descriptive correlation. The statistical population consisted of all postgraduate students of physical education at Mohaghegh Ardabili University in 2017-2018 (N=130). 102 students ...

Scale-Independent Bibliometric Indicators

Van Raan (this issue) makes an excellent case for using bibliometric data to measure some central aspects of scientific research and to construct indicators of groups: research groups, university departments, and institutes. He claims that, next to peer review, these indicators are indispensable for evaluating research and can be used in parallel with peer review processes. By way of an example...

Transferring ART research into education in Brazil

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to evaluate the teaching of the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach in Brazilian dental schools. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire on this subject was sent to Pediatric Dentistry, Operative Dentistry and Public Health Dentistry professors. The questions approached the following subjects: the method used to teach ART, the time spent on its t...