Abstract

Quantification of the university research since the convergence towards the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) began. The university system represents the 66,43% on the total Spanish scientific production with international visibility in the five-year period 2000-04, measured through the Web of Science. Seventy Spanish universities have an internationally visible production. Of them, 36 have more than 1,000 documents. The universities located in three Spanish regions: Catalonia, Madrid and Andalusia, accumulate the 58% of the academic total.