Hábitos de publicación de la élite científica de España

  1. Salvador-Oliván, José Antonio 1
  2. Marco-Cuenca, Gonzalo 1
  3. Arquero-Avilés, Rosario 2
  1. 1 Departamento de Ciencias de la Documentación e Historia de la Ciencia. Universidad de Zaragoza
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Anales de documentación: revista de biblioteconomía y documentación

ISSN: 1697-7904,  1575-2437

Any de publicació: 2020

Volum: 23

Número: 2

Pàgines: 83-95

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESDOC.440101 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDIGITUM editor

Altres publicacions en: Anales de documentación: revista de biblioteconomía y documentación

Resum

This paper aims to analyze the authorship patterns and publication habits of the most productive and / or cited researchers in Spain. Method: Spanish researchers or those who work in Spanish institutions with the highest H index and number of citations received in Google Scholar (GS) have been selected from the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. Publication data was obtained from the main Web of Science (WOS) collection. Results and conclusions: The productivity and impact of researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities is much less in the WOS database than in GS. As hyperprolific authors highlight researchers in the field of Particle Physics, where the publication of 90 articles per year signed by more than 2000 authors is common. To a lesser extent, Health Sciences researchers are also highly productive in multi-author.

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