A qualitative approach to scientific publications in the Humanities: the researchers' point of view
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.sidebar##
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main##
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-4729
Rosa Núñez-Pacheco
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4576-6224
Aymé Barreda-Parra
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7024-0809
Juan Luis Cabanilas-García
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8458-3546
Mª Cruz Sánchez-Gómez
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4726-7143
Abstract
Research in the Humanities is a field that has been gaining relevance in recent years. However, their production and impact levels are still low. In this sense, this article aims to analyze three categories that correspond to the motivations and competencies of the researcher in Humanities, the strategies for promoting research and publication in the Humanities, and the impact of publications in this area of knowledge. The qualitative approach was used through content analysis. A non-probabilistic sampling of international Humanities expert researchers was carried out. In this study participated seventeen professors from 13 institutions of higher-level education. The webQDA software was used for data analysis. The main results concerning the motivations show that the most relevant for the respondents are disseminating their research (20,59%). Regarding the competencies of the researcher, 33,33% indicated that they do possess these competencies and have a genuine interest in their object of study. Concerning the promotion of research, 30% highlighted that the university offers monetary incentives for publication and different seedbeds to encourage its academics' research. About the impact of the publications, 24% of the researchers pointed out that the natural sciences impose the criteria; and, finally, 76,47% indicated that the H index or the number of citations of a scientific article is not appropriate to assess the impact in the area of the Humanities. In conclusion, these results suggest that Humanities researchers need their scientific and academic production to be evaluated using criteria different from those generally used in science and technology according to the characteristics and nature of their field of study.
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.details##
How to Cite
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
openAccess
Arbeláez, M. y Onrubia, J. (2014). Análisis bibliométrico y de contenido. Dos metodologías complementarias para el análisis de la revista colombiana Educación y Cultura. Revista de Investigaciones UCM, 14(23), 14-31. http://www.revistas.ucm.edu.co/ojs/index.php/revista/article/viewFile/5/17
Ardanuy, J. (2014). La publicación de artículos en las áreas de ciencias sociales y Humanidades analizada a partir de los sistemas de información sobre investigación: El caso de las Universidades de Barcelona y Girona. Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica, 37(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2014.1.1074
Bardín, L. (1996). El análisis de contenidos. Akal.
Barriga, S. F., Barbón, O. G., Buenaño, C. V. y Barriga, L. F. (2018). Impact on the scientific production of a preparation for research experiential program for university teachers. Formacion Universitaria, 11(3), 41–48. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-50062018000300041
Cabanillas-García, J. L. (2021). Evolución de la actitud, las emociones y el aprendizaje, en el Máster Universitario de Investigación en Formación del Profesorado y TIC en modalidad a distancia (tesis doctoral). Universidad de Extremadura.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353720016_Evolucion_de_la_actitud_las_emociones_y_el_aprendizaje_en_el_Master_Universitario_de_Investigacion_en_Formacion_del_Profesorado_y_TIC_en_modalidad_a_distancia
Cabanillas-García, J. L., Luengo, R. y Carvalho, J. L. (2021). Desarrollo del aprendizaje y contenidos nucleares en un Máster de investigación online. En S. Oliveira, F. Freitas, P. Castro, M. González y A. P. Costa (Eds.), Investigación Cualitativa en Educación. Avances y Desafíos (Vol. 7) (pp. 31-42). https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.7.2021.31-42
Castro, Á., Iturbe, C., Jiménez, R. y Silva, M. (2020). ¿Educación STEM o en Humanidades? Una reflexión en torno a la formación integral del ciudadano del siglo XXI CASTRO. Utopia y Praxis Latinoamericana, 25(9), 197–208. https://www.redalyc.org/journal/279/27964626016/
Costas, R., & Bordons, M. (2007). Una visión crítica del índice h: Algunas consideraciones derivadas de su aplicación práctica. El Profesional de la Información, 16(5), 427-432. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2007.sep.04
Delgado-López-Cózar, Emilio; Ràfols, Ismael; Abadal, Ernest (2021). “Letter: A call for a radical change in research evaluation in Spain”. Profesional de la información, v. 30, n. 3, e300309. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2021.may.09
Dorta-González, P. y Ramírez-Sánchez, M. (2014). Production and impact of the spanish research institutions in arts & humanities citation index (2003-2012). Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura, 190(770), a191–a191. https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2014.770n6012
Escobar Londoño, J. V., Castaño, D. A., Ruiz Ruiz, M. P., & Restrepo Botero, J. C. (2016). Evaluación auténtica del impacto social de procesos, proyectos y productos de investigación universitaria: Un acercamiento desde los grupos de investigación. Revista Lasallista de Investigacion, 13(1), 166–180. https://doi.org/10.22507/rli.v13n1a14
Fernández-Ramos, A. y Barrionuevo, L. (2022). La difusión de la producción científica en el ámbito de las Humanidades: el caso de la Universidad de León. Investigación Bibliotecológica: Archivonomía, Bibliotecología e Información, 36(90), 47–65. https://doi.org/10.22201/iibi.24488321xe.2022.90.58486
Gilstrap, J. B., Harvey, J., Novicevic, M. M., & Buckley, M. R. (2011). Research vitality as sustained excellence: What keeps the plates spinning? Career Development International, 16(6), 616–644. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620431111178353
Guillén Chávez, E.-P., Núñez-Pacheco, R., Barreda-Parra, A., Verdugo-Castro, S., & Sánchez-Gómez, M. C. (2021). La Producción Científica de Alto Impacto en Humanidades en Iberoamérica?: Un Mapeo Sistemático. Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, 10(3), 266–279. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2021v10i3.p266-279
Huberman, A. M., & Miles, M. B. (1991). Analyse des données qualitatives: recueil de nouvelles méthodes. Éditions du Renouveau pédagogique; De Boeck.
Lambovska, M. y Yordanov, K. (2020). Motivation of researchers to publish in high-quality journals: A theoretical framework. TEM Journal, 9(1), 188–197. https://doi.org/10.18421/TEM91-27
Latorre, A., Del Rincón, D. y Arnal, J. (1996). Bases metodológicas de la investigación educativa. GR92.
López-Navarro, I., Moreno, A. I., Burgess, S., Sachdev, I. y Rey-Rocha, J. (2015). Why publish in English versus Spanish?: Towards a framework for the study of researchers’ motivations. Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica, 38(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2015.1.1148
McInerney, D. M. (2019). Motivation. Educational Psychology, 39(4), 427–429. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2019.1600774
Minello, A., Martucci, S. y Manzo, L. K. C. (2021). The pandemic and the academic mothers: present hardships and future perspectives. European Societies, 23(S1), S82–S94. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2020.1809690
Paji?, D., Jevremov, T. y Škori?, M. (2019). Publication and citation Patterns in the social sciences and humanities: a national PersPective. Canadian Journal of SoCiology/, 44(1), 67–94.
Petrovi?, T. (2021). Improving female researchers’ careers through gender equality plan actions: Experiences from a slovenian research institution. Public Policy and Administration, 20(1), 45–57. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.20.1.28310
Reale, E., Avramov, D., Canhial, K., Donovan, C., Flecha, R., Holm, P., Larkin, C., Lepori, B., Mosoni-Fried, J., Oliver, E., Primeri, E., Puigvert, L., Scharnhorst, A., Schubert, A., Soler, M., Soòs, S., Sordé, T., Travis, C. y Van Horik, R. (2018). A review of literature on evaluating the scientific, social and political impact of social sciences and humanities research. Research Evaluation, 27(4), 298–308. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvx025
Santos, J. (2012). Tiranía del paper. Imposicion institucional de un tipo discursivo. Revista Chilena de Literatura, 82, 197–217. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-22952012000200011
Sarrado, J. J., Clèries, X., Ferrer, M. y Kronfly, E. (2004). Evidencia científica en medicina:¿ única alternativa?. Gaceta Sanitaria, 18, 235-244. https://www.scielosp.org/article/ssm/content/raw/?resource_ssm_path=/media/assets/gs/v18n3/revision2.pdf
Severinson, P. (2017). Approaches to assessing impacts in the humanities and social sciences. Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences/Fédération des sciences humaines. https://www.federationhss.ca/sites/default/files/sites/default/uploads/policy/2017/impact_report_en_final.pdf