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Multivariate evaluation of Spanish educational research journals

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This paper informs about an evaluation of Spanish educational research journals using the modality of reputation inferred from survey data. Univariate and multivariate patterns are offered. Specifically cluster analysis and non-parametric multidimensional scaling reveal themselves as useful methods to inquire the complexity of this scientometric question which is the evaluation of periodical series.

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Fernández-Cano, A., Bueno, Á. Multivariate evaluation of Spanish educational research journals. Scientometrics 55, 87–102 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016003104436

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