Abstract
This paper analyses the development of Spanish research literature in the field of citation analysis and impact factor (IF) in biomedicine over the period 1981-2005. Bibliometric methods and social network analysis were used to examine papers indexed in the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-Expanded), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), MEDLINE, Indice Medico Espanol (IME) and Indice de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (ISOC) databases. 184 papers were identified, 79.89% of which were original research articles. Only four of these papers had been published before the 1990s. The mid 1990s saw a remarkable increase in the number of papers published (8-14 papers/year) with the highest productivity being reached from 2002 onwards (14-25 papers/year). The IME and SCI-Expanded/SSCI databases were those recording the largest numbers of papers, both in absolute (67.93% and 40.76 respectively) and singularity terms (42.39% and 21.74% respectively). The detected papers were published in 76 Biomedical and Documentation journals (82.06% and 15.22% respectively). The most productive authors were identified along with the main co-authorships and institutional collaboration networks operating in the field. These results are related to the importance of impact factor at both national and international level.
Highlights
This paper analyses the development of Spanish research literature in the field of citation analysis and impact factor (IF) in biomedicine over the period 1981-2005
The IME and Science Citation Index (SCI)-Expanded/Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) databases were those recording the largest numbers of papers, both in absolute (67.93% and 40.76 respectively) and singularity terms (42.39% and 21.74% respectively)
The most productive authors were identified along with the main co-authorships and institutional collaboration networks operating in the field
Summary
La evaluación de las publicaciones científicas es un aspecto de capital interés, tanto para los autores como para los editores y los responsables de la asignación de recursos para la investigación. También se ha criticado el procedimiento de cálculo del FI y la utilización generalizada de los índices del JCR, proponiéndose indicadores complementarios o alternativos y planteando, en cualquier caso, que debe evitarse su uso de forma aislada y como una medida de carácter absoluto prescindiendo de evaluaciones cualitativas complementarias (López Piñero, 1992c; Aleixandre Benavent, 2007). Los estudios basados en los análisis de citas y en particular en el FI, constituyen uno de los ámbitos más desarrollados y complejos de la Bibliometría, utilizándose, entre otros aspectos, para el estudio del consumo de la información científica y la repercusión de la actividad de autores, instituciones y revistas, especialmente en la investigación básica y experimental, la Medicina Clínica y las distintas especialidades médico quirúrgicas. Se analiza el aporte de las bases de datos Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-Expanded) y Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), MEDLINE, Índice Médico Español (IME) e Índice de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (ISOC) en el período 1981-2005, se identifican las revistas nucleares de publicación de los trabajos, los autores e instituciones más productivas y sus redes de colaboración
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