Abstract

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, [...]

Abstract

A review of the major developments in the field of scientific communication and research evaluation in 2009 is divided into three themes. The first is devoted to scientific communication on the internet, focusing on the use of Twitter in science, Open Access numbers in Spain, and [...]