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Bio in English

Nicolas Robinson-Garcia is a researcher in the field of bibliometrics and research evaluation. He currently enjoys a Ramón y Cajal grant at the University of Granada (Spain). He worked previously as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, TU Delft (Netherlands), the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology and at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) in Spain. He holds a PhD on Social Sciences at the University of Granada. He is member of the Steering Committee of the European Summer School for Scientometrics. He has published over 40 articles and book chapters in the field of bibliometrics and research evaluation, including in elite journals like Nature, Science or Plos One. He is Associate Editor of the journal Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics in the section on ‘Research Assessment’ and member of the editorial board of Quantitative Science Studies and Scientometrics.

Bio en español

Nicolas Robinson-Garcia es investigador en bibliometría y evaluación de la ciencia. Es investigador Ramón y Cajal en la Universidad de Granada. Anteriormente trabajó como investigador postdoctoral Marie Sklodowska-Curie en el Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de Delft, TU Delft (Países Bajos). También ha trabajado en la Escuela de Política Pública de Georgia Institute of Technology y en INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) en España. Tiene un doctorado en Ciencias Sociales por la Universidad de Granada. Es miembro del Comité Directivo de la European Summer School for Scientometrics. Ha publicado más de 40 artículos y capítulos en el ámbito de la bibliometría y la evaluación de la ciencia en revistas como Nature, Science o Plos One. Es editor asociado de Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics en la sección ‘Research Assessment’ y miembro del comité editorial de Quantitative Science Studies y Scientometrics.

If you’d like to get in touch with me feel free to email me at elrobinster@gmail.com. Check my latest updates to see what I am up to. I am also on Twitter, Google Scholar, ORCID, Publons or SlideShare.
Present
  • 2021- . Ramón y Cajal Fellow, Information and Communication department, University of Granada (Spain)
  • 2021- . Visiting Scholar, Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, TU Delft (Netherlands)
  • 2016- . Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Past positions
  • 2019-2021 . Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral researcher, Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, TU Delft (Netherlands)
  • 2018-2019. External affiliate, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
  • 2018-2019. Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación postdoctoral fellow, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)
  • 2017-2018. Postdoctoral fellow, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
  • 2015-2017. Juan de la Cierva-Formación postdoctoral fellow, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)
  • 2015. Postdoctoral researcher, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
  • 2010-2014. PhD research fellow, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
  • 2014 PhD in Social Sciences, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
  • 2010 Masters in Scientific Information, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
  • 2009 BA in Library & Information Studies, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
  • 2019. Award to the trajectory of young scientists in the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. Granted by the Social Council of the University of Granada. Announcement – Media coverage
  • 2019. SCImago Award best paper in Library and Information Studies (4th ed.). Granted by El Profesional de la Información to the paper “New data, new possibilities: Exploring the insides of Altmetric.com”. doi:10.3145/epi.2014.jul.03 – Award announcement
  • 2019-2021. Marie Sklodowska-Curie. Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 707404.  LEaDing Fellows website
  • 2018-2020. Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación. Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and co-funded by Universitat Politècnica de València.
  • 2017. Award Extraordinary PhD Thesis in Social Sciences. Granted by the University of Granada
  • 2017. José Castillejo/Fulbright. Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and the Fulbright Commission.
  • 2015-2017. Juan de la Cierva-Formación. Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and co-funded by Universitat Politècnica de València.
  • 2014-2015. Contrato-Puente. Granted by the University of Granada
  • 2013. Award for the Business Initiative of the Year 2013 to Sexenios.com, currently a service offered by EC3metrics SL. Award granted by the Asociación Andaluza de Profesionales de la Información y la Documentación.
  • 2010-2014. Formación de Profesorado Universitario (FPU). Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
Blog entries and articles
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2015
2014
  • Robinson-Garcia, N. & Torres-Salinas, D. Los nuevos índices de citas de Thomson Reuters ofrecen oportunidades para mejorar los rankings de universidades. Anuario ThinkEPI, 2014, 9, 207-210. doi:10.3145/thinkepi.2015.47. Material
Web portals and tools
Press mentions
2021
  • Brainard, J. You’ve tweeted about your hot new paper! Don’t expect many clicks. Science, February 12, 2021. doi:10.1126/science.abh0573
2020
  • Brainard, J. Scientists are drowning in COVID-19 papers. Can new tools keep them afloat? Science. May 14, 2020. doi:10.1126/science.abc7839
2017
  • 2020-2021. Scientific communication in times of Corona virus. Funded by the TU Delft COVID-19 Response Fund.
    • Members: Gabriela F. Nane (PI), Nicolas Robinson-Garcia (Co-PI), Rodrigo Costas, Daniel Torres-Salinas and Pedro A. Castillo-Valdivieso
    • Funding: € 20,000
  • 2020-2022. Meaningful Data Counts. Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
    • Members: Stefanie Haustein (PI), Isabella Peters (co-PI), Daniella Lowenberg, Felicity Tayler, Rodrigo Costas, Peter Kraker, Philippe Mongeon, and Nicolas Robinson-Garcia
    • Funding: $199,929 US
    • Website
  • 2019-2021. Unveiling the Ecosystem of Science: A Contextual Perspective on the Many Roles of Scientists. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 707404. Project website.
  • 2016-2018. Visiting Scholarship – Henk Moed. Funded by Universidad de Granada.
  • 2017-2019 Connecting nuances of foreign status, professional networks and higher education. Funded by the US National Science Foundation. Details
  • 2016 Evaluación del impacto científico de las redes cooperativas de investigacion en biomedicina financiadas por el ISCIII (RETICS y CIBER). Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Details
  • 2015 BiPublishers – Bibliometric Indicators for Publishers. Sponsored by EC3Metrics SL. Details
  • 2014 Viability of co-downloading data analysis for mapping interdisciplinary research at institutional level. Sponsored by the Elsevier Bibliometric Programme. Details
  • 2012-2014 Evaluación de editoriales y libros científicos españoles en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales a través de análisis de citas y difusión en bibliotecas (2000-2008). Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Details
  • 2009 Parametrización de los indicadores de citación a nivel nacional de acuerdo con las áreas ANEP. Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Details
  • 2017 Public engagement of PBL through social media. Commissioned by Ad Prins. Budget: 1,800 €
  • 2016 Indicators for open data based on DataCite. Commissioned by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies-CWTS (Leiden University), European Commission. Budget: 5,000 €