Objective:
To propose metrics to qualify the publication in books and chapters, and from there, establish guidance for the evaluation of the Medicine III programs.
Method:
Analysis of some of the 2013 area documents focusing this issue. Were analyzed the following areas: Computer Science; Biotechnology; Biological Sciences I; Public Health; Medicine I.
Results:
Except for the Medicine I, which has not adopted the metric for books and chapters, all other programs established metrics within the intellectual production, although with unequal percentages.
Conclusion:
It´s desirable to include metrics for books and book chapters in the intellectual production of post-graduate programs in Area Document with percentage-value of 5% in publications of Medicine III programs.
Books; Book classification; Education, medical, graduate
