Criteria proposal for the assessment of spanish research in library science and documentation: The production of scientists and researchs centers

THIS PAPER PROPOSES A SET OF CRITERIA TO BE USED IN ASSESSING AND EVALUATING SPANISH RESEARCH IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE. SUCH CRITERIA INCLUDES CURRENT INTEREST FOR THIS PROBLEMATIC IN OUR FIELD, PRODUTION AND INFLUENCE OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH, FORMATION OF RESEARCHERS, THEMATIC CONCERNS, RESEARCH METHODS EMPLOYED, RESEARCH FOCI AND SCHOOLS, THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH IN THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE EFEECT ON SPANISH RESEARCH OF WORK DONE ABROAD AND VICE-VERSA. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO ANALYZING THE PRESTIGE OF SPANISH AND INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS ON THE BASIS OF REFERENCES TO THEIR WORK RECORDED IN A DATABASE CREATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA'S FACULTY OF LUBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (SPAIN)