Junio 2014

Fraile M. & Iyengar S.

Abstract. Across a sample of twenty-seven European nations, we examine variation in the level of factual political knowledge in relation to self-reported exposure to news programs aired by public or commercial channels, and to broadsheet or tabloid newspapers. Unlike previous studies, we estimate the effects of exposure to these news outlets while controlling for self-selection into the audience...

Calzada I., Goméz-Garrido M., Moreno L. & Moreno-Fuentes F.J.

Abstract. Literature on welfare attitudes has reached a stylized scheme in which egalitarian values and self-interest concerns are the two main determinants of welfare attitudes. We aim to bring forward existing research by identifying additional values that people draw on to elaborate opinions on welfare issues. Using data from the European Social Survey 2008 and 26 countries, we find that...

Zacca-Gonzalez G., Chinchilla-Rodriguez Z., Vargas-Quesada B. & Moya-Anegon F.

Abstract

Background
In the greater framework of the essential functions of Public Health, our focus is on a systematic, objective, external evaluation of Latin American scientific output, to compare its publications in the area of Public Health with those of other major geographic zones. We aim to describe the regional distribution of output in Public Health, and...

Mayo 2014

Ortega J.L. & Aguillo I.F.

Abstract. This article offers a comparative analysis of the personal profiling capabilities of the two most important free citation-based academic search engines, namely, Microsoft Academic Search (MAS) and Google Scholar Citations (GSC). Author profiles can be useful for evaluation purposes once the advantages and the shortcomings of these services are described and taken into consideration. In...

Mir-Artigues P. & Del Rio P.

Abstract. Policy combinations and interactions have received a considerable attention in the climate and energy policy realm. However, virtually no attention has been paid to the analysis of the combination of different deployment instruments for the same ...

Abril 2014

Garcia J.A., Rodriguez-Sanchez R., Fdez-Valdivia J. & Moya-Anegon F.

Abstract. Drawing on social choice theory we derive a rationale in which each reviewer is asked to provide his or her second, third, and fourth choice in addition to his/her first choice recommendation regarding the acceptance/revision/rejection of a given manuscript. All reviewers’ hierarchies of alternatives are collected and combined such that an overall ranking can be computed. Consequently,...

Cantos-Mateos, G., Zulueta, M.-A., Vargas-Quesada, B., Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Z.

Resumen. Se analiza la investigación española en células madre en el Science Citation Index (SCI) entre 1997 y 2010 con una división temporal en tres sub-perí­odos, mediante técnicas de visualización basadas en redes sociales. Se han utilizado los descriptores KeyWords Plus (KW+) como unidad de análisis, su coocurrencia como unidad de medida, y Pajek...

Farizo B.A., Louviere J. & Soliño M.

Abstract. This paper discusses the design and analysis of a choice experiment regarding preferences for possible transformations of a mountain landscape traditionally used for grazing. Visual impacts related to changing a mountain landscape associated with a new ski resort development are evaluated versus an option with less ...

Romero-Jordan D., del Rio P. & Burguillo M.

Abstract. This paper identifies the main determinants of fuel consumption by households in the passenger transport sector in Spain (private cars). We estimate a Generalised Method of Moments model using quarterly (panel) data on automotive fuel consumption by 8,000 households between 1998 and 2005. The paper shows a clear persistence of habit in fuel consumption and a strong, statistically...

Hassan-Montero, Y., Guerrero-Bote, V., Moya-Anegón, F.

Abstract. A graphical interface designed to access the bibliometric indicators database of the SCImago Journal & Country Rank portal (http://scimagojr.com/shapeofscience) is described. The map was generated from the relational matrix based on the citation, co-citation, and bibliographic coupling formed by the nearly 20,000 publications (...