Una sola métrica no cuenta toda la historia de la producción científica. II. Publicación

Abstract

Introduction: There are different strategies for scientific publication that can be addressed from the perspective of the publication itself, quality of publications and metrics for evaluation. Method: Narrative review. Results: Description of existing methods for detecting evidence of quality publications and metrics at different levels that have generated traditional and alternative sources at the level of individual contribution, publication, author and institutions. They are considered both traditional metrics such as altmétricas called. Conclusions: Given the variety of metrics offered by providers of electronic resources, researchers must know their existence and characteristics, how to obtain and interpret them to demonstrate the quality of their publications to third parties.