Producció científica (SCI, SSCI, i AHSC) a Catalunya, període 1981-1998 Authors Lluís Rovira Jordi Camí i Morell Lluís Coma Abstract Preliminary data about scientific production in Catalonia coming from ISI databases for the period 1981-1998 are presented. According to the number of scientific documents produced, Catalonia is positioned above countries like Portugal, Greece and Norway and below Austria and Finland. The weight of biomedical research in Catalonia is very important in large measure, because of the contribution of the Health Sector, which is linked to Catalan universities. Next, a reflection on the proper use of bibliometric indicators is made since science is a varied collective activity depending on the knowledge area that is studied. This would be the case of the different bibliographic behaviour among researchers in experimental sciences, in social sciences and in humanities; it is not possible to compare the volume of cites among these different areas. The use of these indicators depends directly on the area of knowledge that is studied to the point that comparisons only are valid when they are with the same subject. The temporary analysis of the evolution of the scientific production in Catalonia shows us a global increasing rate in the number of articles, which is 197% whereas the number of citations has increased about 204 %. From 1994 a technical decrease in the number of citations, as well as in the number of cites is observed; this is due to how fast the databases are feed and to the fact that the most recent articles will receive citations several years later. The maintained increase that these data show will have to be analysed in future studies by thematic area, institutional sector, research centres and groups; perspectives that will help to better understand which is the real situation of science produced in Catalonia and which is its predictable future. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2002-06-04 Issue 51 : Comunicar ciència Section Articles License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the SCB (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the SCB for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the SCB for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the SCB when submitting articles. — The SCB is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
