Producción científica e impacto: ránking general y por áreas de las instituciones universitarias españolas (2004-2008)

This chapter refers to the presentation of the results of the scientific production of Spanish institutions of higher education, from which it is created a ranking, according to three key dimensions: the total volume of scientific production, the relative quality, measured through indicators of impact or citation of this work, and this year, the percentage of papers that have been published in journals ranked by their level of impact in the first quartile of its category (the most prestigious journals)