11.23.2011
Based on bibliometrics data, this essay summarizes the disparity in the Social Sciences and Art/Humanities research outputs in the world. The data illustrate the limitations of scientometrics in research assessment due to language and regional bias. The author also points out a new trend in the improvement of bibliometrics methodologies, which adds qualitative criteria into the research assessment process. In the discussion, the author proposes recommendations for improving the quality of Social Sciences and Arts&humanitiesresearch in Vietnam.
Keywords: bibliometrics, social sciences, arts, humanities, research assessment
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11.01.2011
P. D. Hien © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Abstract This paper presents a comparative study of research performance of 11 East and Southeast Asian countries based upon the total number of peer-refereed international publications (PRIP) per one million people (research intensity), the mean citation, and the contribution of domestic authors in PRIP production. Large [...]
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06.14.2011
Vietnam has made remarkable advances in the last two decades. The multisector successes resulting from Doi Moi, accession to the World Trade Organization, and some of the most impressive economic growth rates in the world, all help to explain the growing prosperity, optimism and confidence sweeping through Vietnam. Vietnamese — 85 million bright, talented and industrious people — truly have good reasons to be optimistic about their future, as they become vital contributors to the global economy.
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06.14.2011
During my first visit to Hanoi in the spring of 2007, I was pleasantly surprised to hear that there are graduate programs that offered doctoral degree in Business. I was surprised because I thought that Vietnam has made such a dramatic progress in business education within a very short time frame it has been open to western business practices. However, my surprise was short lived and was replaced by admiration when I visited the Temple of Literature
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06.13.2011
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This paper seeks to examine the relationship between scientific output and knowledge economy index in 10 South East Asian countries (ASEAN). Using bibliometric data of the Institute of Scientific Information, we analyzed the number of scientific papers published in international peer-reviewed journals between 1991 and 2010 for Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, and Singapore.
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