Análisis estratégico de la producción científica española por campos: Ciencias Naturales, Médicas y de la Vida

Teodoro Luque-Martínez; Ignacio M. Luque-Raya

doi:10.3989/redc.2023.4.1409

Authors

Teodoro Luque-Martínez Departamento de Comercialización e Investigación de Mercados. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universidad de Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-6822
Ignacio M. Luque-Raya Departamento Comercialización e Investigación de Mercados. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas de Melilla. Universidad de Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-1958

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2023.4.1409

Keywords:

Scientific production, ARWU ranking, Spanish universities, bibliometric indicators, ranking of specialties

Abstract

Research is a fundamental mission of the university that determines scientific production which, in turn, is associated with social and economic development. Bibliometric indicators provide a measure of scientific production. On the other hand, the measurement of said production distinguishing by fields and subjects is much more useful and allows to know interesting details for the management, both of a university and of a university system. Using the bibliometric indicators of the ARWU ranking, it is analyzed by fields and subjects with special emphasis on Spanish universities. The strong and weak points are identified by subject in terms of volume and quality of production, impact, recognition and international collaboration, as well as the international positioning of Spanish universities. Management recommendations are derived from all of this.

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