Abstract
For this study we conducted a bibliometric analysis of RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal in order to determine the characteristics of its scientific content. We analyzed 216 theoretical and empirical articles published in the period 2004–2013, using both qualitative indicators (article type, sample type, subject area of the article, author nationality, language of publication, and university of origin) and quantitative ones (citations per article, citations per article in the three years following publication, authorship index, and recentness index). The information required to perform the analysis was accessed via the electronic, open access version of the journal (for the analysis of documents) and via the IN-RECS database. The study results enabled us to determine the characteristics of the scientific content of the journal analyzed. We identify strengths that can be built on, areas for improvement, and points that should be taken into account in future studies, with the overall aim of improving the dissemination of the journal.
Highlights
Bibliometrics is concerned with the treatment and study of quantitative data from scientific publications and the consumption of scientific information
Gogolin (2012) described the methodology used within the framework of the European Educational Research Quality Indicators (EERQI) project, which assesses the quality of scientific publications in the social sciences and humanities
The quality of scientific publications is difficult to clearly define, but there are quantitative indicators that can be used to assess their relative impact in the scientific community
Summary
Bibliometrics is concerned with the treatment and study of quantitative data from scientific publications and the consumption of scientific information. Following the establishment of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the European Research Area (ERA), Spanish scientific journals are seeking to become more competitive in the European context (Matesanz, 2010) and improve the quality of the items they publish. Along these lines, Gogolin (2012) described the methodology used within the framework of the European Educational Research Quality Indicators (EERQI) project, which assesses the quality of scientific publications in the social sciences and humanities. As a result of journal managers’ growing interest in identifying the positive and negative aspects that affect the impact factor ranking of scientific journals, many bibliometric studies are published each year in journals related to education (Ariza, Granados, Ramiro, & Gómez-García, 2011; Ariza & Quevedo-Blasco, 2013; Gómez-García, Ramiro, Ariza, & Granados, 2012; Granados, Ariza, Gómez-García, & Ramiro, 2011) and other disciplines (Zych & Quevedo-Blasco, 2011)
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