出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：The thematic diversity and structural complexity of the national universities of Argentine make more difficult the identification of its scientific profiles. This study aims to do a methodological approach for the analysis of the thematic profile and collaboration patterns of the argentinian universities, starting from the bibliometric study of the scientific contributions of their faculties, considering its relative scientific position in the contexts of the university as a whole and of the country. The case of an argentinian faculty, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum (Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo – FCNyM) belonging to the National University of La Plata (Universidad Nacional de La Plata – UNLP) is studied, as an example of the proposed methodology, carrying out a bibliometric analysis of its scientific contributions collected from the Science Citation Index version CD-ROM for the period 1991-2000, comparing its profile, patterns and relative scientific position in the contexts of the UNLP as a whole and Argentine. The results show that the proposed methodology is a valid alternative not only to reveal the scientific strengths of a university but also to give quantitative and qualitative information to support decision making in the planning and evaluation of their research activities.
