Mapa de la estructura intelectual de El profesional de la información de 2014 a 2018

El profesional de la informacion (EPI) is one of the main Spanish scientific journals on information, communication, indicators, libraries and new information technologies included in international indexes such as JCR and SJR. EPI has a track record of more than twenty years, and it has become a referent source and good place to disseminate the advances y results of research and projects within the knowledge areas mentioned above. In this respect, it is necessary to understand the main themes that are being developed within the journal’s framework, its main authors, organizations and countries, and the impact that its publications have on the development of the state of the art. In response to this need, this publication analyses the last five years (2014-2018) of EPI using SciMAT as a bibliometric tool for the creation of science maps, identifying the thematic areas that have been the object of research during the period of analysis, their composition, relationship and relevance in the evolution of the journal.