Herramientas para la evaluación de la ciencia en universidades y centros I+D: descripción y usos

Indicators have become essential to Spanish universities. Some of the major funding calls for proposals (Campus of international excellence, Severo Ochoa centres of excellence, etc.) rely heavily on R&D indicators. We review some of the tools that universities have to generate indicators, apart from the traditional citation indexes: 1) scientific information systems, 2) bibliometric suites from commercial companies, and 3) university rankings. The use of these tools and the need for librarians to manage them are discussed