Pressing demands of research management and evaluation. - Increasing size of research endeavour: -1.5 M papers per year only in Web of Science; -Globalisation. Many mid-income countries have multiplied their publication output (China); -Within a country: about 3,000 postgraduate programmes are evaluated in about 50 panels in Brasil. - Increasing competition for funding–globally and locally: - Success rates of research calls are very low in the US, EU (5%-10%). - Increasing societal demands: -Interactions with industry and social actors (NGOs); -Grand challenges (climate change, epidemics, water & food security).

Trabajo presentado al 5º Encontro Brasileiro de Bibliometria e Cientometria, celebrado en São Paulo del 6 al 8 de julio de 2016.

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