Vargas-Quesada, B; de Moya-Anegon, F; Chinchilla-Rodriguez, Z; Corera-Alvarez, E; Guerrero-Bote, V Development of the Spanish scientific landscape: ISI web of science 1990-2005 PROFESIONAL DE LA INFORMACION, 17 (1): 22-37 JAN-FEB 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: beniamin at ugr.es; felix at ugr.es; zchinchi at ugr.es; 
ecorera at ugr.es; vicente at alcazaba.unex.es 

Author(s): Vargas-Quesada, B (Vargas-Quesada, Benjamin); de Moya-Anegon, F 
(de Moya-Anegon, Felix);Chinchilla-Rodriguez, Z (Chinchilla-Rodriguez, 
Zaida); Corera-Alvarez, E (Corera-Alvarez, Elena); Guerrero-Bote, V 
(Guerrero-Bote, Vicente) 

Title: Development of the Spanish scientific landscape: ISI web of science 
1990-2005 

Source: PROFESIONAL DE LA INFORMACION, 17 (1): 22-37 JAN-FEB 2008 

Language: Spanish 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: information visualization; network visualization; 
scientific output; co-citation; Spain; domain analysis; network evolution; 
pathfinder networks; Pfnet 

Keywords Plus: ITEM SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION; PATHFINDER NETWORKS; COMBINED 
COCITATION; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; WORD ANALYSIS; CITATION; MAPS; 
VISUALIZATION; LITERATURES; DISCIPLINARY 

Abstract: This longitudinal study of the development of Spain's ISI 
scientific domain examines three key time periods: 1990-1995, 1996-2000 
and 2001-2005, with the goal of describing the basic structure and 
backbone of Spanish research, as well as studying its development over 
time. To this end, ISI categories are used as units of analysis, co-
citation as units of measure, and pruning algorithms to simplify the 
relationship between categories in the visualizations. The results show 
that from the macrostructure point of view, biomedicine and materials 
science research provide the basic nucleus at first. Over the years this 
nucleus is consolidated and expanded with agricultural and soil sciences 
research. From the microstructure perspective, an increase is observed in 
the number of interdisciplinary categories, which occupy central 
positions, indicating increased interaction between disciplines that have 
traditionally been more important or visible and those on the periphery, 
or less well known. 

Addresses: Univ Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain; Univ Extremadura, E-06071 
Badajoz, Spain 

Reprint Address: Vargas-Quesada, B, Univ Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain. 

E-mail Address: beniamin at ugr.es; felix at ugr.es; zchinchi at ugr.es; 
ecorera at ugr.es; vicente at alcazaba.unex.es 

Cited Reference Count: 66 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: EPI 

Publisher Address: APARTADO 32 280, BARCELONA, 08080, SPAIN 

ISSN: 1386-6710 

29-char Source Abbrev.: PROF INF 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Prof. Inf. 

Source Item Page Count: 16 

Subject Category: Information Science & Library Science 

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