Torres-Salinas, D; Munoz-Munoz, AM; Jimenez-Contreras, E. 2011. Bibliometric analysis of the situation of female researchers in the fields of social sciences and law in Spain. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE DOCUMENTACION CIENTIFICA 34 (1): 11-28

[Eugene Garfield]

Torres-Salinas, D; Munoz-Munoz, AM; Jimenez-Contreras, E. 2011. Bibliometric 
analysis of the situation of female researchers in the fields of social sciences 
and law in Spain. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE DOCUMENTACION CIENTIFICA 34 (1): 
11-28.

Author Full Name(s): Torres-Salinas, Daniel; Munoz-Munoz, Ana M.; Jimenez-
Contreras, Evaristo
Language: Spanish
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: Bibliometric Indicators; Gender Studies; Women Researchers; 
Social Sciences; Law
KeyWords Plus: SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY; SEX-DIFFERENCES; GENDER; 
PATTERNS; WOMEN

Abstract: This paper presents a bibliometric study analyzing the productivity 
and citations of female researchers in the fields of social sciences and law in 
Spain, within the context of Spanish scientific journals. The study was based 
on the rankings of researcher included in the Indice de Impact de las Revistas 
Espanolas de Ciencias Sociales (INRECS) and Indice de Impacto de las Revistas 
Espanolas de Ciencias Juridicas (INRECJ). Eleven different scientific disciplines 
were analyzed and the final sample consisted of 3,370 researchers, of whom 
30% were women. To study gender differences four variables were selected 
and analyzed: number of papers, number of citations, number of international 
citations and citation average. The results show that women in the 11 areas 
studied have both a lower productivity and a lower number of citations. On the 
other hand, in some areas women do receive a greater number of international 
citations and in almost all areas achieve higher citation averages. However the 
presence of women in the rankings and among the Spanish research elite is still 
small.

Addresses: [Torres-Salinas, Daniel] Univ Navarra, Ctr Invest Med Aplicada, E-
31080 Pamplona, Spain; [Munoz-Munoz, Ana M.; Jimenez-Contreras, Evaristo] 
Univ Granada, Dept Bibliotecon & Documentac, Granada, Spain
Reprint Address: Torres-Salinas, D, Univ Navarra, Ctr Invest Med Aplicada, E-
31080 Pamplona, Spain.

E-mail Address: torressalinas at gmail.com
ISSN: 0210-0614
DOI: 10.3989/redc.2011.1.794
fulltext: http://redc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/redc/article/viewArticle/680