Análisis de redes de las universidades españolas de acuerdo a su perfil de publicación en revistas por áreas científicas

Abstract

This study presents a descriptive analysis of Spanish universities according to their journal publication profile in five scientific domains during 2007-2011. Two universities have a similar journal publication profile, if they publish in a high number of common journals. This idea led to the possibility of mapping universities and thus offering an enriched view of the Spanish higher education system. In order to do so, we analysed the areas of Social Sciences, Exact Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences, and Health Sciences. We also used the centrality indicator of social network analysis to identify those universities with a greater role in each area; that is, with a higher number of direct connections with the rest of the universities. Finally, the application of this methodology within the context of scientific policy is discussed, for searching for potential scientific partners © 2013 CSIC.