Internationality of Spanish scholarly journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus

Abstract

Se analiza la internacionalidad de las revistas españolas indizadas en WoS y Scopus, en base a cuatro elementos principales identificados en la revisión bibliográfica: artículos en inglés, artículos de autores extranjeros, colaboraciones internacionales, y miembros extranjeros de los equipos editoriales. Se constata que el área temática y el tipo de acceso son determinantes en cuanto al grado de internacionalidad de las revistas, así como, en menor medida, el tipo de editorial. El Factor de Impacto (FI), buque insignia del impacto bibliométrico, no guarda correlación con ningún elemento de internacionalidad, mientras que los valores de SJR y SNIP correlacionan moderadamente con los porcentajes de las colaboraciones internacionales. La participación de autores extranjeros está relacionada con la presencia del inglés, revelando la orientación de las revistas españolas indizadas hacia los países del “núcleo” científico. La presencia de miembros extranjeros en los comités va acompañada de la de autores extranjeros, aunque no se pueda demostrar una relación causa-efecto. Se concluye con aportaciones sobre posibles líneas de investigación futuras.

Journal coverage of the Emerging Sources Citation Index

“…Spain occupies the first place among the non‐English‐speaking countries. However, there is relatively low representation from Brazil (which has recently increased its number of open access journals, see Navas Fernández, ) and the rest of Latin America, as well as Russia, China, and Korea. This is probably, at least in part, due to the national indexes that are included in WoS and Clarivate's decision not to include journals in ESCI if they already appear in a national index (Clarivate Analytics, ).…”

Scholarly journal publishing in Australia

“…There were only a few such journals including one journal published by CSIRO for the University of South Pacific in Fiji. For each journal, the following information was recorded and reported here: Start year, as recorded in Ulrich's or determined by consulting the journal website. Type of corporate author using the following six categories. These categories are adapted from those used by Tenopir and King (1997) for the American journals and Navas‐Fernández et al (2018) for Spanish journals. : Commercial International, used for large international commercial publishers (e.g., Wiley‐Blackwell, Springer‐Nature, Routledge, Sage, Elsevier). Commercial small, used usually for smaller publishers, mostly Australian‐based publishers. Government, includes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) which is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. Non‐profit organizations, including societies, associations, networks, academies and so on. Educational, including universities and other educational institutions. Other, including stand‐alone individual journals such as amsj.org. Type of publisher.…”

“…These categories are adapted from those used by Tenopir and King (1997) for the American journals and Navas-Fernández et al (2018) for Spanish journals. :…”

Characteristics of scholarly journals published in non‐English‐speaking countries: An analysis of Library and Information Science SCOPUS journals

“…While scholars use the terms 'regional journal' and 'international journal' somewhat ambiguously (Buela-Casal et al, 2006;Gazni & Ghaseminik, 2016;Kirchik et al, 2012) and although their attributes may differ depending on region, language and discipline (Navas-Fernández et al, 2018), the term 'international journal' generally describes journals (1) with topics and scopes that interest international research communities; (2) whose authors, readers and editorial board members are from diverse countries;…”

“…(3) that publish excellent research that is often conducted through multinational collaborations and (4) whose articles are published in English, which is the primary academic language (Gazni & Ghaseminik, 2016;Jordens, 2007;Kirchik et al, 2012;Navas-Fernández et al, 2018;Salager-Meyer, 2014).…”