El papel de las bases de datos institucionales en el análisis de la actividad científica de las universidades

Daniela de Filippo; Elías Sanz-Casado; Cristóbal Urbano Salido; Jordi Ardanuy; Isabel Gómez-Caridad

doi:10.3989/redc.2011.2.797

Authors

Daniela de Filippo Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación. Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de la Información (LEMI). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Elías Sanz-Casado Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación. Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de la Información (LEMI). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Cristóbal Urbano Salido Departament de Biblioteconomia i Documentació. Universitat de Barcelona
Jordi Ardanuy Departament de Biblioteconomia i Documentació. Universitat de Barcelona
Isabel Gómez-Caridad Instituto de Estudios Documentales sobre Ciencia y Tecnología (IEDCYT). (CSIC). Unidad Asociada IEDCYT-LEMI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2011.2.797

Keywords:

Institutional databases, scientific evaluation, universities, indicators

Abstract

Given the difficulties faced by universities for precisely gauging their scientific activity, due mainly to the lack of comprehensive national and international information sources containing all their research output, we propose the use of the universities’ own institutional databases. An extensive survey of Spanish universities was performed, in order to discover which universities have these databases and to determine their potential interest and usefulness. Also, an in-depth analysis was performed of the information contained in the databases of two universities, the University of Barcelona and the Carlos III University of Madrid. The results obtained reveal the state of these information resources in the Spanish university system as well as their ability to accurately determine the characteristics of research carried out in the universities and to prepare scientific profiles of each. Finally we provide several recommendations for improving this institutional resource.

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