Abstract
Eduardo Primo Yufera was the founder of the Institute of Agrochemicals and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) and was its director until being appointed president of the Spanish National Research Council. He is considered both patron and promoter of the fields of food science and technology and chemical ecology in Spain, as well as pioneer of the innovation system model (R+D+i). Throughout his long research career, which lasted 65 years, he published 291 scientific papers, with an average of 4.48 papers per year. Of these, 89.3 % were in collaboration with others: a total of 161 different coauthors. His efforts to disseminate science led him to create the Revista de Agroquimica y Tecnologia de los Alimentos in 1961. A total of 50 % of his scientific production was featured in this journal but his work was also published in more than 50 national and international scientific journals, of which 36 are included in the Journal Citation Report . Those with the highest impact factors are Journal of Organic Chemistry, Planta and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , which feature in the first quartile in their respective subject areas. The 86 articles listed in SCI-Expanded have received a total of 482 citations. This study highlights his scientific activity, using bibliometric indicators of productivity, collaboration and the scientific impact of his publications.
Highlights
Eduardo Primo Yúfera was the founder of the Institute of Agrochemicals and Food Technology (IATA-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)) and was its director until being appointed president of Recibido: 13-09-2011; 2.a versión: 25-01-2012; aceptado: 28-01-2012
A total of 50 % of his scientific production was featured in this journal but his work was published in more than 50 national and international scientific journals, of which 36 are included in the Journal Citation Report
Those with the highest impact factors are Journal of Organic Chemistry, Planta and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, which feature in the first quartile in their respective subject areas
Summary
Los estudios bio-bibliométricos se centran principalmente en el estudio biográfico de científicos e investigadores individuales junto con el análisis bibliométrico de sus publicaciones, correlacionando las publicaciones bibliográficas o académicas con los logros científicos de sus carreras (Mulla y otros, 2010). En 1990 se incorporó como investigador al Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ), centro mixto de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia y el CSIC, con la novedosa estrategia de contribuir con la ciencia al desarrollo de nuevos conocimientos en ámbitos de interés industrial y su transferencia a las empresas (Castro y Fernández, 2007). Durante su etapa como presidente del CSIC, promovió reformas orientadas a la modernización de las estructuras de investigación: cabe destacar su relevante papel en la promoción de la astrofísica, dentro de la cual, la consecución del Observatorio Astronómico de Roque de los Muchachos, en la isla de La Palma, supuso un hito para la ciencia en España (Ayala-Gascón y otros, 2011). Es por ello que se le reconoce como precursor del modelo de sistema de innovación I+D+i
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