Una década de investigación universitaria sobre Comunicación en España, 2007-2018

We analyzed the results obtained for the total count between 2007 and 2018 of (1) doctoral theses defended in the 55 universities with undergraduate and/or graduate studies in communication that offer doctoral degrees, (2) competitive projects in state calls in the social sciences and humanities areas where the object of study includes a socially significant dimension of “communication” practices, and (3) papers resulting from R&D projects published in reference journals in the area of communication. These documents are the most representative of the research activity of faculty, because they constitute the published results originating from research that is recognized and legitimized by academic life, without which such documents could not have been published. Thus, the articles collected here constitute a census of publications based on previous research, since all those articles whose object of study was not previous research were not selected, e.g., essays, or epistemological reviews of authors, schools, and/or theoretical or methodological trends. Papers presented at Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación (AE-IC) congresses, which are also being studied as part of the MapCom project, could also have been included; however, they are only considered tangentially herein because only a minority of them are expressly linked to research results. This overview of the productivity of communication research in Spain over a decade analyzes documents grouped by universities, Autonomous Communities, author gender, and years. A total of 4,158 documents have been analyzed. The results reflect the influence of the scientific policies of the research quality assessment agencies. Resumen Se analizan los resultados obtenidos entre 2007 y 2018 del cómputo total de, 1) tesis doctorales defendidas en las 55 universidades con Facultades de grados y/o postgrados en comunicación; 2) y en éstas, los proyectos competitivos en convocatorias estatales en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades y cuyo objeto de estudio sea una dimensión socialmente relevante de las prácticas de “Comunicación”; y 3) artículos derivados de estos proyectos I+D publicados en las revistas de referencia en Comunicación. Estos documentos son los más representativos de la actividad investigadora de los profesores universitarios, y constituyen un censo de publicaciones basadas en investigaciones previas. Los artículos cuyo objeto de estudio no ha sido una investigación previa no han sido seleccio