Cristóbal Urbano
Biographic Data
| ID | 6702083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristóbal Urbano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristóbal |
| FAMILY NAME | Urbano |
| SIGNATURE | URBANO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0935-6436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cross-disciplinary collaboration versus coexistence in LIS serials
The interdisciplinary nature of library and information science (LIS) research has been highlighted for some time now. The term “interdisciplinary” is used primarily in the LIS literature as a general concept with different meanings that refer either to the coexistence of researchers from different scientific fields or to cross-disciplinary collaboration expressed in the form of coauthorship. This study analyses the disciplinary profile of LIS re…
Why are new journals created? An international analysis of Information and Documentation titles (2013-2018)
The creation or title changes of scientific journals in the information and documentation (ID) area in the period 2013-2018 are analyzed. Based on the total of 62 such journals identified through ISSN Portal and Ulrichsweb, the following are described: characteristic aspects such as country, language, type of publisher, and access model; presence in bibliographic databases, citations, or journal directories; survival and volume of articles publis…
Presence of alleged predatory journals in bibliographic databases
The presence of journals considered predatory are analysed in various bibliographic databases and in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Of the list produced by Jeffrey Beall of possible or probable predatory open access academic journals, 944 of those are reviewed, cross-referencing their ISSN with the Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals (MIAR) developed at the University of Barcelona. It is then determined whether these jo…
Políticas de información, bibliotecas universitarias y desarrollo
Reflection on the interaction between national information policies and development cooperation projects in the field ofacademic and research libraries. The evolution of the information policy concept, its relation to development cooperation, and the central role that for nearly seventy years Unesco has played on those matters are analyzed. Finally, cooperation scenarios in which professionals of university and research libraries in developing co…
Miar
The evolution of the MIAR project (Matriu d’Informació per l’Avaluació de Revistes ) –Journal evaluation information matrix– is described. Originally MIAR was designed to quantify the indexing of humanities and social sciences journals in bibliographic data bases. Given the present availability of various journal evaluation systems in Spain, MIAR could evolve into a collaborative portal where stakeholders can share the main features of the journa…
Estadísticas e indicadores de rendimiento de colecciones y servicios bibliotecarios de carácter electrónico
Se analiza el uso de estadísticas e indicadores de rendimiento de productos y servicios electrónicos en los procesos de evaluación bibliotecaria. Se examinan los principales proyectos de definición de estadísticas e indicadores desarrollados durante los últimos años, prestando especial atención a tres de ellos: Counter, E-metrics e ISO, y se analizan las estadísticas que actualmente ofrecen cuatro grandes editores de revistas electrónicas (Americ…
Estadísticas e indicadores de rendimiento de colecciones y servicios bibliotecarios de carácter electrónico
Se analiza el uso de estadísticas e indicadores de rendimiento de productos y servicios electrónicos en los procesos de evaluación bibliotecaria. Se examinan los principales proyectos de definición de estadísticas e indicadores desarrollados durante los últimos años, prestando especial atención a tres de ellos: Counter, E-metrics e ISO, y se analizan las estadísticas que actualmente ofrecen cuatro grandes editores de revistas electrónicas (Americ…
Estadísticas e indicadores de rendimiento de colecciones y servicios bibliotecarios de carácter electrónico
Se analiza el uso de estadísticas e indicadores de rendimiento de productos y servicios electrónicos en los procesos de evaluación bibliotecaria. Se examinan los principales proyectos de definición de estadísticas e indicadores desarrollados durante los últimos años, prestando especial atención a tres de ellos: Counter, E-metrics e ISO, y se analizan las estadísticas que actualmente ofrecen cuatro grandes editores de revistas electrónicas (Americ…
Miar
The evolution of the MIAR project (Matriu d’Informació per l’Avaluació de Revistes ) –Journal evaluation information matrix– is described. Originally MIAR was designed to quantify the indexing of humanities and social sciences journals in bibliographic data bases. Given the present availability of various journal evaluation systems in Spain, MIAR could evolve into a collaborative portal where stakeholders can share the main features of the journa…
Políticas de información, bibliotecas universitarias y desarrollo
Reflection on the interaction between national information policies and development cooperation projects in the field ofacademic and research libraries. The evolution of the information policy concept, its relation to development cooperation, and the central role that for nearly seventy years Unesco has played on those matters are analyzed. Finally, cooperation scenarios in which professionals of university and research libraries in developing co…
Presence of alleged predatory journals in bibliographic databases
The presence of journals considered predatory are analysed in various bibliographic databases and in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Of the list produced by Jeffrey Beall of possible or probable predatory open access academic journals, 944 of those are reviewed, cross-referencing their ISSN with the Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals (MIAR) developed at the University of Barcelona. It is then determined whether these jo…
Cross-disciplinary collaboration versus coexistence in LIS serials
The interdisciplinary nature of library and information science (LIS) research has been highlighted for some time now. The term “interdisciplinary” is used primarily in the LIS literature as a general concept with different meanings that refer either to the coexistence of researchers from different scientific fields or to cross-disciplinary collaboration expressed in the form of coauthorship. This study analyses the disciplinary profile of LIS re…
Why are new journals created? An international analysis of Information and Documentation titles (2013-2018)
The creation or title changes of scientific journals in the information and documentation (ID) area in the period 2013-2018 are analyzed. Based on the total of 62 such journals identified through ISSN Portal and Ulrichsweb, the following are described: characteristic aspects such as country, language, type of publisher, and access model; presence in bibliographic databases, citations, or journal directories; survival and volume of articles publis…
Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Library science (5 works) · scientometrics and bibliometrics research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Social science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · MEDLINE (2 works) · Scopus (2 works)