Máxima Bolaños-Pizarro

University of Valencia | UV · Departamento de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación

Objective: The area of pediatric hypertension (HTN) research has seen substantial progress over the last two decades, but no bibliometric analysis has yet been undertaken to describe these advances. This study aims to describe the published research examining HTN in children and adolescents from 2000 to 2018. Methods: Articles were retrieved usi...

Finding a set of units that can serve as a reference for growth or improvement in positions within a ranking is not a simple task, since each ranking method can place the same unit in different positions and may even differ in relative position within the ranking. This study proposes a method that applies a combination of network analysis and effic...

The main objective of this investigation was to analyze the scientific production in global research on nanotechnology, integrating scientific production, funding of studies, collaborations between countries and the most cited publications. The source for obtaining the research papers for our analysis was the Science Citation Index Expanded from th...

The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the scientific knowledge in global warming, as well as to investigate the evolution of the research knowledge through the published papers included in Web of Science database. A bibliometric and social network analyses was performed to obtain indicators of scientific producti...

The main aim of this study was to analyze the scientific productivity and collaboration between Old World wine-producing countries (Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland) and New World wine-producing countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, South A...

En los últimos años se ha producido un creciente interés en el ámbito de los rankings de universidades que, por medio de indicadores bibliométricos, buscan clasificar a las universidades. Al mismo tiempo, han surgido en los últimos años un conjunto nuevo de indicadores aún por explorar, su denominación como indicadores altmétricos hace referencia a...

The main aim of this study was to analyze the scientific productivity, collaboration and impact of research on organic agriculture through bibliometric analyses of articles included in the Science Citation Index Expanded database for the period 1954–2013. A number of 1009 research articles were published in 359 journals belonging to several subject...

The aim of this study was to analyse the scientific productivity of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) in viticulture and oenology through bibliometric analyses of articles in the Science Citation Index Expanded database for the period 1993-2012. A total of 1067 research articles were published in 363 domestic and international jo...

Global research on mind-body therapies is analysed, by focussing on scholarly articles on three Eastern disciplines (yoga, tai chi and qi gong) and three procedures (meditation, breathing exercises and relaxation). The bibliographic research was done using the Scopus database. The search was limited to the biomedical areas and to the years 2006-201...

Background The importance of collaboration among research groups in the drug abuse field has been increasingly reinforced. These collaborations consolidate the scientific activity and guarantee the improvement of methods and outcomes. This study aims at analyzing the collaboration networks on drug abuse between Latin American and European countries...

Introduction and objectives The Spanish Society of Cardiology holds an annual national meeting with a large number of presentations but the number of full-text publications resulting from these presentations and the journals accepting these manuscripts is unknown. This study aimed to identify the full-text publication rate of accepted abstracts and...

There have been a substantial number of reports suggesting possible health benefits from polyphenols in wine, especially red wine. These hypothetical effects, additional to those of alcohol, are attributed by many to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of the polyphenols. The aim of this article was to map the scientific research on wine and...

INTRODUCTION. Scientific collaboration is vital for to the advance of knowledge and is especially important in health sciences. The aim of this study is to identify scientific collaboration indicators and co-authorship networks of researchers and Spanish institutions that publish on multiple sclerosis (MS) during the period 1996-2010. MATERIALS AND...

The aim of this study was to analyze the scientific activity of Latin American researchers in viticulture and oenology through bibliometric analyses of articles included in the Science Citation Index Expanded database for the period of 2006 to 2010. A total of 917 research articles were published in 364 domestic and international journals. We highl...

Aims: To quantify by means of bibliometric indicators the scientific productivity of Spanish researchers and institutions that publish on multiple sclerosis in national and international journals during the period 1996-2010, and to determine their impact. Materials and methods: Papers under study were obtained from Web of Science and Scopus inte...

Introduction: The aim of this paper is to quantify, by means of bibliometric indicators, the scientific production of Spanish researchers and institutions publishing in national and international paediatric journals, as well as multidisciplinary and other knowledge areas publications during the period 2006-2010, and to determine their impact. Met...

Background Publications are often used as a measure of success of research work. Leishmaniasis is considered endemic in 98 countries, most of which are developing. This article describes a bibliometric review of the literature on leishmaniasis research indexed in PubMed during a 66-year period. Methods Medline was used via the PubMed online servic...

Introducción y objetivos La Sociedad Española de Cardiología celebra anualmente un congreso nacional en el que se presentan numerosas comunicaciones. Sin embargo, se desconoce si posteriormente se publican como artículos y en qué revistas. Nuestro objetivo es identificar el grado de publicación de estas comunicaciones y analizar sus características...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) has been promoted as an important research methodology for determining the efficiency of healthcare technology and guiding medical decision-making. Our aim was to characterize the collaborative patterns of CEA conducted over the past two decades in Spain. A systematic analysis was carried out with the information o...

The specialized scientific search engines are one of the most interesting electronic resources for obtaining scientific literature. In 2004 the Scopus database started and from its scientific search engine Scirus has extended search capabilities beyond the databases of Thomson Reuters. Scopus has a broad thematic coverage (4,100 journals from the f...

Thomson Reuter distributes its databases through the Web of Knowledge, allowing the search in Web of Science (WOS), Current Contents Connect, Proceedings and Journal Citations Reports. Since the year 2004, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) provides the Spanish scientific community, research institutes, universities, and othe...

The Sociedad Española de Cardiología (Spanish Society of Cardiology) every year awards grants to finance research in the field of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study is to identify the impact of these investments during the period 2000-2006 from the subsequently published articles in scientific journals. Using the identifying data of eac...

This paper describes the most relevant Spanish health bibliographic databases, those of general subjects such as the Índice Médico Español (IME), Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud (IBECS) and Medicina en Español (MEDES), as well as those of specific subject as CUIDEN (specialized in Nursing), ENFISPO (Nursing, Physiotherapy and P...

Title: Sources of bibliographic information (IV). Multidisciplinary bibliographic databases of interest in Pediatrics. Science Citation Index and Journal Citations Reports (Web of Science). (Part 1) Thomson Reuter distributes its databases through the Web of Knowledge, allowing the search in Web of Science (WOS), Current Contents Connect, Proceedin...

The specialized scientific search engines are one of the most interesting electronic resources for obtaining scientific literature. In 2004 the Scopus database started and from its scientific search engine Scirus has extended search capabilities beyond the databases of Thomson Reuters. Scopus has a broad thematic coverage (4,100 journals from the f...

The article presents an analysis of the scholarly output of female professors in the field of Health Science in the Autonomous Region of Valencia from 2003 to 2007, through bibliometric techniques and the application of a gender variable. The work attempted to identify how many women became large producers of scholarly articles compared to those wh...

A bibliometric analysis of Spanish cardiovascular research is presented. The study focuses on the productivity, visibility and citation impact in an international, notably European context. Special attention is given to international collaboration. The underlying bibliographic data are collected from Thomson Reuters’s Web of Science on the basis of...

The publication of research articles has increased considerably in recent years in all biomedical fields. The present study examines the position of Spanish quality research in cardiology in the European and world context, and its evolution during the 5-year period 2003-2007. Using the Science Citation Index Expanded of Thomson Reuters as data sour...

Subsequent publication rate of abstracts presented at meetings is seen as an indicator of the interest and quality of the meeting. We have analyzed characteristics and rate publication in peer-reviewed journals derived from oral communications and posters presented at the 1999 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) meeting. All 689 abstracts...

Aims: To analyse usability-related articles published in the period 1971-2005 from a bibliometric point of view. Methods: A search for articles was made in the CSIC databases, the Social Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index, PsycInfo, MEDLINE and Inspec databases, using ad hoc search strategies designed for each. Contribution, specific co...

Neurological sciences form a multidisciplinary field that produces a wide range of scientific journals. The aim of this study was to perform a scientometric analysis of neurological science journals in the 2006 Journal Citation Reports-Science Citation Index (JCR-SCI) edition. We study the three areas dedicated to neurological sciences (Neuroscienc...

i>Aims : To analyse usability-related articles published in the period 1971-2005 from a bibliometric point of view. Methods : A search for articles was made in the CSIC databases, the Social Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index, PsycInfo, MEDLINE and Inspec databases, using ad hoc search strategies designed for each. Contribution, specifi...

Introduction and objectives: In modern scientific research, standardization of processes and documentation are the main factors in the correct reporting of research outcomes, since it guarantees their universality, reproducibility and access. The aim of this study is to evaluate the formal elements of Spanish journals on Cardiac and Cardiovascular...

Introduction. Neurological sciences form a multidisciplinary field that produces a wide range of scientific journals. The aim of this study was to perform a scientometric analysis of neurological science journals in the 2006 Journal Citation Reports-Science Citation Index (JCR-SCI) edition. Materials and methods. We study the three areas dedicated...

Introduction: The aim of this study is to take a scientometric approach to the Neonatology research area in Spain during the period from 2002 to 2006 using the Web of Knowledge (WoK) bibliometric tools. Method: A bibliometric study in two WoK databases (Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports) involving articles related to neonatology r...

Background Educational, cultural and social factors are holding women back from occupying positions of responsibility creating inequality especially significant in the scientific field. Aim: to analyse women's participation in Spanish scientific publications in four areas of health sciences: cardiology, microbiology, neurology and psychiatry. Metho...

Introduction: The aim of this study is to take a scientometric approach to the Neonatology research area in Spain during the period from 2002 to 2006 using the Web of Knowledge (WoK) bibliometric tools. Method: A bibliometric study in two WoK databases (Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports) involving articles related to neonatology r...

The analysis of productivity and disciplinary collaboration patterns for Spanish published scientific research in the field of Substance Abuse (2001-2005). From institutional affiliations we identified and quantified disciplinary participation in papers indexed in the IME/Indice Medico Español, ISOC/Indice Español de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades...

The governments and organizations responsible for scientific policies try to encourage equality of gender, among their priorities that of obtaining equal participation and full integration of women in all aspects of the scientific profession. The study analyzes the scientific production of women in the areas of Psychiatry by means of the bibliometr...

Background: Scientific collaboration is necessary for the advance of science. The purpose of this study is to analyse collaboration between authors and Spanish institutions in scientific studies published in Farmacia Hospitalaria, applying methodology derived from the analysis of social networks. Methodology: The study identified pairs of authors a...

Scientific collaboration is necessary for the advance of science. The purpose of this study is to analyse collaboration between authors and Spanish institutions in scientific studies published in Farmacia Hospitalaria, applying methodology derived from the analysis of social networks. The study identified pairs of authors and institutions co-author...

Introduction. The governments and organizations responsible for scientific policies try to encourage equality of gender, among their priorities that of obtaining equal participation and full integration of women in all aspects of the scientific profession. The study analyzes the scientific production of women in the areas of psychiatry by means of...

Standardization of scientific journals is a fundamental factor for a successful scientific communication, since it has repercussions on the role accomplishment of journals as research dissemination agents and expressive and representative channels of the different scientific communities. The formal characteristics of the seven psychiatric journals...

Standardization of scientific journals is indispensable for accurate transmission of knowledge, since it guarantees the universality and reproducibility of research. The objective of this study was to evaluate the formal elements of Spanish pediatrics journals. In 2005, we studied the characteristics of Spanish biomedical journals with special emph...

Introduction: Standardization of scientific journals is indispensable for accurate transmission of knowledge, since it guarantees the universality and reproducibility of research. The objective of this study was to evaluate the formal elements of Spanish pediatrics journals. Material and methods: In 2005, we studied the characteristics of Spanish b...

Background and objective: Concern for encouraging gender equality makes it one of the high priority spheres of action for governments and organisations responsible for instigating scientific policies, with particular importance being placed on including the gender variable in evaluative analyses of scientific and technological activity. A comparati...

Resumen: La Usabilidad puede definirse como el rango en el cual un producto puede ser usado por un grupo de usuarios específicos para alcan-zar ciertas metas definidas con efectividad, eficiencia y satisfacción en un contexto especi-ficado. En este trabajo se presenta una primera aproximación al concepto de la Usabilidad en la web, los principios e...

Concern for encouraging gender equality makes it one of the high priority spheres of action for governments and organisations responsible for instigating scientific policies, with particular importance being placed on including the gender variable in evaluative analyses of scientific and technological activity. A comparative study was made, broken...

Resumen: Las revistas electrónicas han experimentado un crecimiento espectacular en los últimos tiempos, lo que ha traído consigo la inclusión de nuevos criterios adecuados al entorno web que permiten evaluar su calidad formal. En este trabajo se presentan las ventajas e incon-venientes de las revistas electrónicas y los cri-terios que utiliza Lati...

La colaboración científica y la igualdad de género constituyen dos destacados temas objeto de atención por parte de los organismos gestores de las políticas científicas. Se identifican los grupos de investigación y la participación de la mujer en una de las principales revistas españolas del área de la Psicología. Se han seleccionado los artículos...

Objetivo: Analizar los artículos sobre usabilidad publicados durante el periodo 1971-2005 desde el punto de vista bibliométrico. Material y Métodos: Para obtener los trabajos se interrogaron las bases de datos del CSIC, Social Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index, PsycInfo, MEDLINE e Inspec mediante estrategias de búsqueda diseñadas ad ho...