Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Production on Soil Erosion in Andalusia (1964-2008).

Resumen

The primary aim of this paper is to analyze the scientific literature of soil water erosion research in Andalusia by means of bibliometric indicators. The period under consideration runs from 1964 to 2008, representing a total of 433 works published in international (135 references) and national (99) journals, national (83) and international (21) conferences proceedings, book chapters (54), books (18), doctoral thesis (16) and other documents (7). Bibliographic information was collected from Bib-Eron, a bibliographic database on soil erosion. The analysis was based on the scientific documents encoded in the database. Bibliometric indicators have been employed in order to establish the number of documents published by year of publication, distribution of documents by research topics, characteristics of contributions published in national and international journals, geographical distribution of scientific production, institutional affiliation of authors, institutional productivity and interinstitutional collaboration.