Analysis of the productivity, impact, and collective h-index of the communication research carried out in Spain based on the information shared by researchers in their individual Google Scholar profiles

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https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2014-1030

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index H, Google Scholar., Google Scholar Metrics, research productivity, impact, communication research

Abstract

This article examines the productivity, collective and individual h and h5 indexes, dissemination platforms (mainly books and journals), and visibility of the communication research carried out by Spanish scholars in the last four decades, based on the information shared by the 683 members of Spain’s largest communication research association (AE-IC) in Google Scholar Metrics (GSM). Method. The study is based on the analysis of the information shared in GSM by 683 researchers, of which 142 have a public profiles and together have more than 7,000 publications. We analysed the dissemination platform, year of publication, number of citations, and title of the nearly 2,300 works that had received at least one citation. Results. The visibility of the area of communication is low. The average h-index is 4, while the global h-index for the community of communication researchers is 56, with an h5-index of 34: h-index of 44 and h5-index of 34 for articles, and h-index of 34 and h5-index of 13 for books. Four of every ten researchers had h-index of 0 while two of every three published works did not manage to receive a single citation. Individually, the highest h-index is 26 and the highest h5-index is 18. Meanwhile, the importance and impact of books and journals as dissemination platforms has been inverted. Before 1980, of each ten citations six were given to books and three to articles, but after 2010, of each ten citations three are given to books and seven to articles. In terms of differences across gender, female researchers have lower impact values than their male counterparts.

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Author Biographies

José Miguel Túñez López, Santiago de Compostela University

José Miguel Túñez López holds a Ph.D. degree in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Professor of Organizational communication and Communication Strategies and Plansat the Department of Communication Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Adviser and professor at several European and Latin American organizations and university on Communication management processes and plans.

Member of the New Media Research Group (Novos Medios) and, since December 2007, of the Scientific Council of the Centre for Advanced Studies, both belonging to the University of Santiago de Compostela. Evaluator of research projects in the area of Social Sciences for the National R&D Plan of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (2011 and 2012) and the Government of Catalonia (2014).

Author of nearly a hundred published works (reports, articles and books) on communication. The most recent include: Comunicación Corporativa: claves y escenarios (“Corporate communications: keys and scenarios”), coordinated in collaboration with Carmen Costa and published by UOC in 2014; and La gestión de la comunicación en las organizaciones(“Communication management in organisations”), published by Comunicación Social ediciones in 2012.

Former Chairman of the School of Communication Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela (2004-2009). Winner of the Queen Sofía National Journalism Award and the Latina Society Drago Award in 2014.

María Yolanda Martínez Solana, Complutense University of Madrid

María Yolanda Martínez Solana holds a B.A. degree in Information Sciences and Journalism and a Ph.D. degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. Temporary Full Professor since January 2004 and Reader/Associate Professor of Journalism since 2008 at the Complutense University of Madrid

She has worked as journalist since August 1982, initially at the OTR/Press Agency, Confidential OFF the Record and other publications of the Z Group. Former contributor, editor and director at various health-related publications, including: El Médico and Profesión Médica. Participant in radio talks shows (RNE) and Radio Voz.

Press and image director in election campaigns for the Congress of Deputies and public and private institutions, such as the WTO. Named Advisor of the Ministry of Health and Consumption in 2000, carrying out the role of Communications Director of the Ministry until 2001

Visiting professor and researcher in Latin American universities, especially in Ecuador and Mexico. Professor in post-graduate courses in Journalism and Crisis communication and management at the universities of Navarra, Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, Alcalá de Henares, the Rey Juan Carlos University, the International Menéndez Pelayo University (Santander), the European University of Madrid, and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Professor in the M.A. programme in Journalism of the offered in collaboration by the the ABC newspaper and the Complutense University of Madrid and in the M.A. programme of the Official Institute of Radio and Television.

Speaker at national and international conferences and meetings on health communication policies and management and on media representation of health issues. Author of many publications (books and articles).

Member of the Spanish Society of Journalism, the Federation of Press Associations of Spain, the Press Association of Madrid, the Association of Health Journalists and Jury at the Journalism and Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (FORÉTICA)

Karina Paola Valarezo González, Private Technical University of Loja

Director of Communications at the Technical University of Loja. Holds a B.A. degree in Public Relations from the Equinoctial Technological University of Quito (Ecuador), a PhD degree in Communication and Journalism from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

Former communications adviser of the Congress of Deputies of the Republic of the Ecuador. Full Professor in undergraduate and graduate degree programmes in Public Relations, Management and planning of Public Relations, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Author of peer-reviewed book chapters and articles published in journals listed in important databases such as Latindex, Scopus and ISI web of knowledge. Director of research projects. Speaker at various academic and research events.

Former coordinator of the degree programmes in Public Relations (face-to-face learning) and Managerial Assistance and PR (open and distance learning) of the Technical University of Loja

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2014-12-23

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Túñez López, J. M. ., Martínez Solana, M. Y. ., & Valarezo González, K. P. (2014). Analysis of the productivity, impact, and collective h-index of the communication research carried out in Spain based on the information shared by researchers in their individual Google Scholar profiles. Revista Latina De Comunicación Social, (69), 684–709. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2014-1030

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No. 69 (2014)

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