Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal
A science mapping analysis of ‘Communication’ WoS subject category (1980-2013)
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Communication Research field has an extraordinary growth pattern, indeed bigger than other research fields. In order to extract knowledge from such amount, intelligent techniques are needed. In such a way, using bibliometric techniques, the evolution of the conceptual, social and [...]
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A few years ago we had, in Spain, various products for evaluating journals that were useful to researchers and to the Spanish accreditation agencies: Aneca and Cneai. Given the number of products, various research groups collaborated to create a single, unified product: Clasificación [...]- 7
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Publication evaluation in the humanities: Necessary changes against inadequate indicators
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This paper argues the need to adapt the publication evaluation systems to the characteristics of the humanities, in order to overcome the current discrimination of these disciplines. Citation indicators applied to 2, 3, or 5 years of publication provide poor and distorted statistics [...]- 3
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Tools for evaluating science in universities and R&D centres: descriptions and usage
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Indicators have become essential to Spanish universities. Some of the major funding calls for proposals (Campus of international excellence, Severo Ochoa centres of excellence, etc.) rely heavily on R&D indicators. We review some of the tools that universities have to generate indicators, [...]- 0
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ISI rankings of Spanish universities according to fields and scientific disciplines (2nd ed. 2011)
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The update of the ISI rankings of Spanish universities according to fields and scientific disciplines (2nd ed. 2011) is presented. Specifically, in this second edition we focus on the inclusion of 19 new scientific disciplines and the creation of a dynamic new website. Various bibliometric [...]- 3
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Integrated scientific journals classification (CIRC): A proposal for categorization of journals in social sciences and humanities
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A proposal for a qualitative classification of scientific journals specialized in social sciences and humanities is presented. The main objective of CIRC (in Spanish, Clasificación integrada de revistas científicas) is to become a tool to obtain bibliometrics indicators for different [...]- 20
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Introduction and comparative study of the new scientific journals citation indicators in Journal Citation Reports and Scopus
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The evaluation of scientific journals with bibliometric indicators has been dominated by the Impact factor since the 70s. However Thomson has recently included in the Journal Citation Reports the Eigen factor and the Article influence score. On the other hand Elsevier has included [...]- 8
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Research, its management and its policies represent a major effort for Spanish universities but few of these institutions have a scientific information system with bibliometric indicators for decision making. Aware of this gap, Elsevier has launched Scival. It is a web platform intended [...]- 8
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Applying metric analysis to the information contained in patent documentation has become one of the principal techniques for modeling technology scenarios for government, business and industry, research institutes, projects, etc. We propose using bibliometric indicators for patent [...]- 10
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The role of the library in disseminating the scientific output of Pompeu Fabra University
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In recent years, the UPF has implemented several initiatives to disseminate the scientific output of the university’s teaching and research personnel: UPF digital repository (e-Repositori), scientific output portal (PPC), and the provision of tools and recommendations to standardize [...]- 1
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