Biblio metric analysis of Spanish scientific publications in the subject materials science, ceramics in JCR (SCI) database (1997-2008)

In this paper we show for selected period (1997-2008), the journals in the subject Materials Science, Ceramics in which were for spanish authors published in Spain (24), analyzed from a bibliometric point of view the publications found (1240) the docun.ent type (Journal Article or Review), detailing the bibliometric results (number of documents weighted impact factor, relative impact factor and the ratio between the number of citations and the number of documents) from an institutional standpoint. Among those with a scientific representative stands out prominently the Institute of Ceramics and Glass. Impact Factor highlighted by the Institute of Construction Science Eduardo Torroja. Furthermore, the journal Boletin de la Sociedad Espanc la de Ceramica y Vidrio brings together the 32.74% of the Spanish scientific output, being also the first journal for number of documents in that subject. It also confirmed a moderate international collaboration, with France and the United States as the main countries from that standpoint.