Emilio Delgado López-Cózar

Professor of Research Methodology at the Faculty of Communication and Documentation, University of Granada. A specialist in science and science communication evaluation, he began his research career proposing procedures for assessing the editorial quality of scientific journals. He has designed numerous information systems to measure the performance of journals, scientists, and institutions. His current research focuses on analyzing new sources of information and scientific evaluation (bibliographic databases, search engines, and academic social networks), clarifying the new metrics used to measure the visibility and impact of scientific activity and their consequences for the behavior of scientists, the business of scientific publishing, and the proliferation of fraudulent practices in scientific publishing.