Estructura de la colaboración científica española en Biblioteconomía y Documentación (Scopus 1999-2007)

Benjamín Vargas-Quesada; David Minguillo; Zaida Chincilla-Rodríguez; Félix De Moya-Anegón

doi:10.17533/udea.rib.6283

Authors

Benjamín Vargas-Quesada Universidad de Granada
David Minguillo University of Wolverhampton
Zaida Chincilla-Rodríguez Universidad de Granada
Félix De Moya-Anegón Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rib.6283

Keywords:

scientific collaboration, co authorship, collaboration networks, social network analysis, global centrality, library and information sciences, Spain

Abstract

Based on documents filed in the Scopus database between 1999 and 2007, this paper identifies, displays, and analyzes the main structures of scientific collaboration by authors in the library and information sciences in Spain. We apply techniques of similarity, techniques of social network analysis, like K-core, bibliometric procedures, such as author co-occurrence and an analysis of the frequency of terms in order to explore the communities of collaboration (subnets) that make up the most important components in this area. Through this we identify 21 components composed of 28 subnets that reveal the micro-structure of a network of scientific collaboration. The network showed collaboration that was centralized in a few components. This collaboration originated in the research sector and included information retrieval and information management. This paper highlights the limited cooperation between subnets in which institutional and geographical proximity play an important role and which have scientific production and evaluation as common fronts of collaboration. The methodology used manages to present an overview of the main collaborative scientific structure of authors in Spain during the time period under study.

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Author Biographies

Benjamín Vargas-Quesada, Universidad de Granada

Doctor in Scientific Documentation and Information. Member of the SCImago Group. Professor of the Faculty of Communication and Documentation, University of Granada. grenade

David Minguillo, University of Wolverhampton

PhD Student. Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, United Kingdom

Zaida Chincilla-Rodríguez, Universidad de Granada

Doctor in Scientific Documentation and Information. Member of the SCImago Group. Senior Scientist of the Higher Council for Scientific Research, Center for Human and Social Sciences, Institute of Policies and Public Goods

Félix De Moya-Anegón, Universidad de Granada

Doctor of Philosophy and Letters. Principal Investigator of the SCImago Group. Research professor of the Superior Council of Scientific Research, Center for Human and Social Sciences, Institute of Policies and Public Goods.

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