Producción educativa española en el Social Sciences Citation Index (1998-2009). II

Abstract

This replication study reviewed scientometrically the Spanish production about educational research indexed at the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Thomson Reuters (the former Institute for Scientific Information of Philadelphia) database during the 1998-2009 period. It examines the productivity according to thematic areas, diachronically, by support journals, institutions and researchers. It is also given indicators of longitudinal citation and the top-ten studies are recognized. A content analysis on the retrieved key words indicates the general topics more investigated. Finally, the profound changes in the Spanish production of educational research in the last years are discussed and it is set out recommendations for continuous improvement of the field.