title: [Evaluation of research--reality and illusions].
abstract: Productivity and effectiveness of research are defined and their indicators discussed. Particularly, citation index (CI) and impact factor (IF) as the measures of research quality are analysed. Citation index despite its drawbacks and pitfalls is the best, among applying at present, measure of research quality. Impact factor due to its severe drawbacks is not recommended as a measure of research quality, particularly for the matching. The mixture of criteria excluding IF are propose to evaluate research quality.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Histologii i Embriologii, Instytutu Biostruktury, Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sawicki
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D004526:Efficiency; D018156:Journalism, Medical / Q000592:standards; D011044:Poland; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards