The new Highly cited researchers list from Thomson Reuters and the Shanghai Ranking: Spain´s position and university map

Authors

  • Domingo Docampo El profesional de la información
  • Daniel Torres-Salinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2013.may.11

Keywords:

Thomson-Reuters, Highly Cited Authors, HiCi, University rankings, Shanghai ranking, ARWU, Spain, Universities.

Abstract

One of the products of Thomson-Reuters is the list of highly cited researchers, which became more important when it was incorporated into the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities. Scores on the Shanghai Ranking  HiCi indicator are related to the number of highly cited researchers (HCR) by university. In the 2013 edition, methodological changes have been made in listing highly cited authors. The main aim of this paper is to analyze these changes and the new HCR distribution by country. The paper also lists the new HCR from Spain. At the national level, Spain increased its global representation to 2.52% and at the institutional level 23 universities are scored on the HiCi indicator, helping to configure a new map of research excellence. The paper concludes with a preliminary assessment of the impact of the new lists on the position of Spain´s universities in the Shanghai ranking.

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Published

2013-05-21

How to Cite

Docampo, D., & Torres-Salinas, D. (2013). The new Highly cited researchers list from Thomson Reuters and the Shanghai Ranking: Spain´s position and university map. Profesional De La información, 22(3), 264–272. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2013.may.11

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2013): Bibliotecas y documentación de museos

Section

Indicadores

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