The BiPublishers rankingmain results and methodological problems when constructing rankings of academic publishers

  1. Daniel Torres-Salinas 1
  2. Nicolás Robinson-Garcia 2
  3. Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras 2
  4. Enrique Fuente-Gutiérrez 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Navarra, España
  2. 2 Universidad de Granada, España
Journal:
Revista española de documentación científica

ISSN: 0210-0614,  1988-4621

Year of publication: 2015

Volume: 38

Issue: 4

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3989/REDC.2015.4.1287B DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

We present the results of the Bibliometric Indicators for Publishers project (also known as BiPublishers). This project represents the first attempt to systematically develop bibliometric publisher rankings. The data for this project was derived from the Book Citation Index and the study time period was 2009-2013. We have developed 42 rankings: 4 by fields and 38 by disciplines. We display six indicators for publishers divided into three types: output, impact and publisher’s profile. The aim is to capture different characteristics of the research performance of publishers. 254 publishers were processed and classified according to publisher type: commercial publishers and university presses. We present the main publishers by field and then discuss the principal challenges presented when developing this type of tool. The BiPublishers ranking is an on-going project which aims to develop and explore new data sources and indicators to better capture and define the research impact of publishers.

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