Buela-Casal G. "An overview of scientific productivity of Spanish Universities " INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 5 (1): 175-190 JAN 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

G. Buela-Casal :P E-mail Addresses: gbuela at ugr.es

Title: An overview of scientific productivity of Spanish Universities

Author(s): Buela-Casal G

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 5 (1): 175-
190 JAN 2005

Document Type: Article    Language: Spanish
Cited References: 16      Times Cited: 2

Abstract: In the present work, the scientific productivity of Spanish
universities is examined. The specific objectives of the study are the
following: a) to know the place of Spanish universities in the Academic
Ranking of World Universities; b) to explore the relation between the
international criteria used in the Academic Ranking of World Universities
and several Spanish criteria, such as "tramos de investigacion", number of
doctoral programmes with special mention of quality and the scientific
productivity measured through numbers of doctoral theses; c) to analyse the
relation between the proportion of professors in the Spanish universities
(<< Profesores Titulares de Universidad -PTU >> and << CatedrAticos de
Universidad -CU >>) and the percentage of "eminence of the research career
>>. To reach these objectives, a descriptive study based on the analysis of
documents was carried out. The data were supplied by different
institutions: the "Academic Ranking of World Universities", the << National
Agency of Quality Assessment >> and the << Consejo de Coordinacion
Universitaria >>. The results show that Spain is the twelfth country with
higher number of universities according to the International Ranking. Also,
it is found that the international scientific productivity criteria are
closely related to the national productivity criteria. Lastly, a
significant correlation between the proportion of PTU/CU professors and the
academic productivity has been found, showing that the universities with a
higher proportion of CU professors have a lower scientific productivity
according to the measure of << eminence of the research career >> and vice
versa.

Addresses: Buela-Casal G (reprint author), Univ Granada, Fac Psicol,
Granada, E-18071 Spain

Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, Granada, E-18071 Spain

E-mail Addresses: gbuela at ugr.es

Publisher: ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL, UNIVERSIDAD DE
GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN
IDS Number: 986QV

ISSN: 1697-2600


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