[Bibliometry of collaboration and impact of the Revista de Biología Tropical (Web of Science 2003-2012)]. / Bibliometría de la colaboración e impacto de la Revista de Biología Tropical (Web of Science 2003-2012).

The activity analysis of a scientific journal is relevant to know the evolution of its characteristics over time. In this paper, results of a bibliometric study of the Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation (Costa Rica) are presented. The goal of this study was to describe the main characteristics of its scientific production, and analyze its level of collaboration and its impact between the years 2003-2012. Data was derived from the Web of Science (Thomson-Reuters), and the relationship among authors and coauthors, institutions and countries, and their links with the citations received were analyzed for that period. Descriptive statistics about production (number of documents per year, institution and country), collaboration (authorship index, collaboration among institutions and countries) and impact (IF, position in JCR and number of citations received) were collected. Results showed that the journal has published 1 473 papers in this period, in similar proportions English and Spanish. Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Colombia are the most common countries of origin, with the Universidad of Costa Rica, Universidad Autónoma de Mexico and the University of Puerto Rico as the most common leader institutions. Collaboration between authors, institutions and countries has shown an increasing trend over the last decade. The co-author index was 3.07 per document, 63 % of publications included 2 or more institutions, and 22 % of the papers were product of international collaboration. The most common collaboration link was between Costa Rica and the United States of America. The impact factor has been oscillating during this last decade, reaching a maximum in 2012 (IF JCR = 0.553). Besides, 10 % of the most cited papers concentrated half of the citations received by the journal, and have a very high number of citations, compared with the journal mean. The main countries that cite the journal were USA, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Costa Rica. Data showed an increasing collaboration between authors, institutions and countries, and a direct relationship between the increase of this collaboration and the received impact.

Contribution of Social Psychology Research to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Bibliometric and Content Analysis of Spanish Publications.

This study analyses the publications by Spanish institutions indexed by the Web of Science in the thematic category of "Psychology, Social". The objectives are to determine whether such publications address topics related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to what extent the research conducted contributes to achieving the goals proposed in each of the SDGs. Publications were classified by their relationship with the SDGs using OSDG tool, and an in-depth content analysis was performed to validate the results. A corpus of 1,632 papers published by Spanish institutions was identified. The results show that 34% percent of the papers address matters related to the SDGs; 23% of these are related to Goal 3 (good health and well-being), and 5%, to Goal 5 (gender equality). For achieving SDG 3 goals, the reviewed papers evidence the need that institutions, governments and society to provide, especially for children and adolescents, healthy social environments to prevent harmful social relationships while improving individual skills to manage emotions in everyday life and promoting cultural integration. Regarding SDG 5, it should be a priority the application of effective strategies to change stereotypes, assigned sexual roles and sexist attitudes that sustain inequality and violence against women.

Highly Cited Papers at the Spanish Domestic Level.

This paper presents a methodological proposal based on the identification of highly cited papers (HCPs) at domestic-level in the Spanish Public University System (SUPE), in order to find the most outstanding publications in the local context. The principal aim is to detect different activity and impact profiles among Spanish universities and differentiate those institutions that play a more significant role. To determine which and how many are the highly cited papers at the domestic level (HCP-DL) collected in the Web of Science, three citation thresholds (1, 5, and 10%) were established. Thematic classification in Incites/Essential Science Indicators areas is used. The results show a preponderance of HCPs in the field of Space Science, while the polytechnic universities have high visibility in the Computer Science area. It has been observed that the presence of HCPs in a given area is involved with universities specialized in teaching and research activities. In absolute terms, the big non-specialized universities are major producers of HCPs and hold the leading positions in our results. However, when efficiency is analyzed in relative terms, some small, specialized universities reveal themselves to be more efficient at producing HCPs (% of HCPs or citations per HCP). We think that this methodology, due to its simplicity, its ease of calculation, and the knowledge it provides, can be very useful to analyze the national systems of any country, in order to know the impact and visibility of the research carried out in its scientific institutions or research areas.

Contribution of Social Psychology Research to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Bibliometric and Content Analysis of Spanish Publications

This study analyses the publications by Spanish institutions indexed by the Web of Science in the thematic category of “Psychology, Social”. The objectives are to determine whether such publications address topics related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to what extent the research conducted contributes to achieving the goals proposed in each of the SDGs. Publications were classified by their relationship with the SDGs using OSDG tool, and an in-depth content analysis was performed to validate the results. A corpus of 1,632 papers published by Spanish institutions was identified. The results show that 34% percent of the papers address matters related to the SDGs; 23% of these are related to Goal 3 (good health and well-being), and 5%, to Goal 5 (gender equality). For achieving SDG 3 goals, the reviewed papers evidence the need that institutions, governments and society to provide, especially for children and adolescents, healthy social environments to prevent harmful social relationships while improving individual skills to manage emotions in everyday life and promoting cultural integration. Regarding SDG 5, it should be a priority the application of effective strategies to change stereotypes, assigned sexual roles and sexist attitudes that sustain inequality and violence against women. (AU)

Bibliometría de la colaboración e impacto de la Revista de Biología Tropical(Web of Science 2003-2012) / Bibliometry of collaboration and impact of the Revista de Biología Tropical (Web of Science 2003-2012)

ResumenEl estudio de la actividad de una revista resulta esencial para conocer la evolución de sus características a lo largo del tiempo. En este trabajo se realiza un análisis bibliométrico de la Revista de Biología Tropical, utilizando como fuente la base de datos Web of Science (ThomsonReuters), entre los años 2003-2012. El objetivo del trabajo es describir las principales características de la producción de la revista y analizar el desarrollo de la colaboración y el impacto en la última década. Se estudia la colaboración entre autores, instituciones y países y su vinculación con las citas recibidas. Se han obtenido indicadores de producción (número de documentos por año, institución y país), colaboración (índice de co-autoría, colaboración entre centros y países) e impacto (factor de impacto, posición en el Journal Citation Report, citas recibidas). Los resultados muestran que en el período estudiado la revista ha publicado 1 473 artículos. Predominan los documentos en inglés y español -por partes iguales- y los principales países de procedencia son México, Costa Rica, Venezuela y Colombia. La Universidad de Costa Rica es la institución que produce la mayor parte de los artículos, con un 17 % de los documentos, seguida de la Universidad Autónoma de México y la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Se evidencia que la colaboración entre autores, instituciones y países ha crecido constantemente en la última década. El índice de coautoría ha sido de 3.07 autores por documento. Un 63 % de las publicaciones se han realizado en colaboración entre 2 o más instituciones y un 22 % en colaboración internacional. Las relaciones de colaboración más frecuentes se producen entre Costa Rica y Estados Unidos. En cuanto al impacto de la revista, dentro de la categoría Biology el factor de impacto ha tenido oscilaciones, alcanzando su máximo valor en 2012 (FI JCR = 0.553). Se ha detectado que el 10 % de los documentos más citados concentra la mitad de las citas recibidas por la revista y tienen un porcentaje de colaboración internacional muy superior a la media de la revista. Los principales países usuarios fueron Estados Unidos, Brasil, México, Argentina y Costa Rica, de quienes proviene la mayor citación de la revista. Los datos muestran una tendencia creciente a la colaboración entre autores, instituciones y países y una relación directa entre el incremento de esta colaboración y el impacto recibido.

Abstract:The activity analysis of a scientific journal is relevant to know the evolution of its characteristics over time. In this paper, results of a bibliometric study of the Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation (Costa Rica) are presented. The goal of this study was to describe the main characteristics of its scientific production, and analyze its level of collaboration and its impact between the years 2003-2012. Data was derived from the Web of Science (Thomson-Reuters), and the relationship among authors and coauthors, institutions and countries, and their links with the citations received were analyzed for that period. Descriptive statistics about production (number of documents per year, institution and country), collaboration (authorship index, collaboration among institutions and countries) and impact (IF, position in JCR and number of citations received) were collected. Results showed that the journal has published 1 473 papers in this period, in similar proportions English and Spanish. Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Colombia are the most common countries of origin, with the Universidad of Costa Rica, Universidad Autónoma de Mexico and the University of Puerto Rico as the most common leader institutions. Collaboration between authors, institutions and countries has shown an increasing trend over the last decade. The co-author index was 3.07 per document, 63 % of publications included 2 or more institutions, and 22 % of the papers were product of international collaboration. The most common collaboration link was between Costa Rica and the United States of America. The impact factor has been oscillating during this last decade, reaching a maximum in 2012 (IF JCR = 0.553). Besides, 10 % of the most cited papers concentrated half of the citations received by the journal, and have a very high number of citations, compared with the journal mean. The main countries that cite the journal were USA, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Costa Rica. Data showed an increasing collaboration between authors, institutions and countries, and a direct relationship between the increase of this collaboration and the received impact.

Indicadores de colaboración científica inter-centros en los países de América Latina / Indicators of inter-center scientific co-operation in Latin American countries

Se presentan indicadores de colaboración científica de 24 países de América Latina y el Caribe, obtenidos a través de sus publicaciones en revistas científicas de difusión internacional firmadas por autores de dos o más instituciones diferentes durante el periodo 1999-2002, empleando técnicas de análisis bibliométrico de coautoría. Para cada país se establecieron tres tipos de colaboración: nacional, regional e internacional, diferenciando las colaboraciones bi y trilaterales de las grandes redes formadas por 6 o más países. Se destacan las áreas científicas de mayor presencia en relación con el tipo de colaboración y tamaño de las redes. Los trabajos en colaboración representan el 65 por ciento del total de los publicados y aumentan cada año, correspondiendo la mayor proporción a la colaboración internacional, mientras que la regional es muy escasa. Los países más productivos en ciencia presentan una colaboración relativamente menor que los pequeños productores. Se analiza la evolución de los hábitos de colaboración internacional entre los periodos 1991-1995 y 1999-2002