CHANGES ON PUBLISHING BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO RESEARCH POLICY GUIDELINES - THE CASE OF THE SPANISH RESEARCH COUNCIL IN THE FIELD OF AGRONOMY

The aim of this study is to identify changes in publishing behavior of Spanish scientists belonging to the Area of Agronomy of the Spanish R esearch Council (CSIC), in response to scientific policy actions carri ed out in Spain. For this purpose, we analyze Spanish scientific outpu t published in Spanish journals (covered by the ICYT database) as well as in international journals (covered by the Science Citation Index), during the period 1980-1995. Congress and conference publications, bo oks and monographs, are also considered. The following changes in publ ication habits have been noticed: migration of works towards SCI journ als and increased use of books and monographs as channel of publicatio n of research works. A decreasing participation of Spanish researchers in scientific meetings has also been noticed, especially since 1989.