Ranking de investigación de las universidades públicas españolas

Abstract

Year after year it is necessary to evaluate research activity in order to ascertain which aspects are related to an improvement in scientific production and productivity. The objective of this study is to update the research ranking of Spanish public universities, based on data from 2014. The same methodology employed in previous editions was followed. Research production and productivity were evaluated for each of the Spanish public universities based on seven criteria (articles in journals indexed in the JCR, research periods, R+D projects, doctoral theses, FPU (training of university professors) grants, doctoral studies awarded with a citation of excellence and patents) and a global ranking was also obtained based on these indicators (both in terms of production and productivity). In the global ranking, the universities with a higher production are Barcelona, Complutense of Madrid, and Granada. In terms of productivity, the first positions are held by the universities Pompeu Fabra, the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Pablo de Olavide. It can be observed that the top universities in terms of productivity have barely varied between editions, indicating that organizational factors and the policies of said universities have yielded positive results.