Las patentes como indicador de la actividad científica en las universidades españolas | Zendy

Francisco Javier Martínez Méndez | Zendy; Juan-Antonio Pastor-Sánchez | Zendy; Rosana López Carreño | Zendy

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Las patentes como indicador de la actividad científica en las universidades españolas

Author(s) -

Francisco Javier Martínez Méndez,

Juan-Antonio Pastor-Sánchez,

Rosana López Carreño

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

el profesional de la informacion

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 1699-2407

pISSN - 1386-6710

DOI - 10.3145/epi.2010.mar.07

Subject(s) - productivity , political science , humanities , regional science , library science , impact factor , scientific literature , bibliometrics , welfare economics , geography , computer science , economics , law , art , economic growth , paleontology , biology

The studies and analysis of Spanish scientific activity usually are more focused on contributions in journals with impact factor than on patents as a relevant indicator of the scientific work. This reality contrasts with the trends of the specialized literature, which show patents to be one of the most important parameters to measure scientific productivity. Therefore, we conducted a case study on the patents registered by Spanish Universities in 2008, using as our source the European Patents Fulltext database. Analysis of the distribution of patents by university in this specific period of time revealed a certain correlation with other commonly used indicators. This finding can be a basis for suggesting that patents can and should be considered when conducting such studies.

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