Some aspects of citation indexes in Spain: A comparative analysis

Abstract

This paper studies the main characteristics of the citation indexes currently developed in Spain. The paper compares the impact factors offered by Spanish citation indexes with the impact factor of Spanish journals also collected by the JCR s ogf the ISI (SCI and SSCI) over a five-yeat period (2001-2005). Spanish journals published in English have higher impact factor scores in the JCR databases of the ISI in Spanish citation indexes.