The bibliometric passion

Abstract

Less than a decade ago, a new and controversial practice arose in the field of physical and human sciences: the bibliometric passion. Recounting the process after which we have reached an absurd point, where the results in the humanities and social sciences are measurable in statistical terms, should already be even banal. It is known that the new trends, coming from the Anglo-Saxon world, especially the British, tend to establish quality controls, measurable in statistical terms, and that consequently can be put in a comparative relationship in a globalized world, which at the same time is egalitarian You absolutely need to know their internal hierarchies to perform an efficiency simulation.