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title: "SCImago Research Group: research papers"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at SCImago Research Group took part in 16 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (15) and management (1). 1 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017."
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# SCImago Research Group

Papers in the tracked journals with an author at SCImago Research Group: per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at SCImago Research Group took part in 16 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (15) and management (1).
- 1 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Universidad de Extremadura (5) and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Informetrics (4), Scientometrics (1) and Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity (1).
- The most-cited of them is “Categorization of E-learning as an emerging discipline in the world publication system: a bibliometric study in SCOPUS” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2018), with 66 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 13 of its papers 82 times; 94% of those links came from papers with a university author and 1% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 45 times, 4% of them papers with a company author.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | 4 |
| 2 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 1 |
| 3 | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Universidad de Extremadura | 5 |
| 2 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Spain | 6 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Scopus | 2 |
| 2 | AAC | 1 |
| 3 | Human Development Index | 1 |
| 4 | SCImago Institutions Rankings | 1 |
| 5 | absorptive capacity | 1 |
| 6 | change-point analysis | 1 |
| 7 | citation analysis | 1 |
| 8 | citation impact | 1 |
| 9 | co-authorship | 1 |
| 10 | compound annual growth rate | 1 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | 0.6 | [Categorization of E-learning as an emerging discipline in the world publication system: a bibliometric study in SCOPUS](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0103-4) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2018-04-24 | Gerardo Tibaná-Herrera, María Teresa Férnández Bajón, Félix de Moya Anegón |
| 2 | 62 | 0.6 | [Statistical relationships between corresponding authorship, international co-authorship and citation impact of national research systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.10.004) | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | 2018-10-16 | Félix de Moya Anegón, Vicente P. Guerrero‐Bote, Carmen López-Illescas et al. |
| 3 | 31 | 0.4 | [Coping with methods for delineating emerging fields: Nanoscience and nanotechnology as a case study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.100976) | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | 2019-10-04 | Teresa Muñoz-Écija, Benjamín Vargas‐Quesada, Zaida Chinchilla‐Rodríguez |
| 4 | 21 | 0.2 | [Global analysis of the E-learning scientific domain: a declining category?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2592-7) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2017-12-05 | Gerardo Tibaná-Herrera, María Teresa Férnández Bajón, Félix de Moya Anegón |
| 5 | 15 | 0.2 | [The citation impact of social sciences and humanities upon patentable technology](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03530-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2020-05-28 | Félix de Moya Anegón, Carmen López-Illescas, Vicente P. Guerrero‐Bote et al. |
| 6 | 14 | 0.1 | [Medical scientific output and specialization in Latin American countries](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2717-7) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2018-03-31 | Grisel Zacca-González, Zaida Chinchilla‐Rodríguez, Benjamín Vargas‐Quesada |
| 7 | 13 | 0.5 | [Analysis of the distribution of authorship by gender in scientific output: A global perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2024.101556) | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | 2024-07-04 | Rodrigo Sánchez Jiménez, Pablo Guerrero-Castillo, Vicente P. Guerrero‐Bote et al. |
| 8 | 7 | 0.1 | [Are nationally oriented journals indexed in Scopus becoming more international? The effect of publication language and access modality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101011) | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | 2020-02-21 | Henk F. Moed, Félix de Moya Anegón, Vicente P. Guerrero‐Bote et al. |
| 9 | 7 | 0.2 | [Convergence between absorptive capacity and knowledge appropriation: A new methodology Mapping the hidden links](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joitmc.2023.100170) | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2023-11-06 | Sergio Cuéllar, María Teresa Férnández Bajón, Félix de Moya Anegón |
| 10 | 6 | 0.2 | [New fractional classifications of papers based on two generations of references and on the ASJC scopus scheme](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-05030-2) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2024-05-01 | Jesús M. Álvarez-Llorente, Vicente P. Guerrero‐Bote, Félix de Moya Anegón |

## Who cites its research

*Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Antwerp | University | Belgium | 3 |
| 2 | Universidad de Granada | University | Spain | 3 |
| 3 | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | University | Spain | 3 |
| 4 | [Nanjing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university.md) | University | China | 3 |
| 5 | Johannes Kepler University of Linz | University | Austria | 2 |
| 6 | Norwegian Geotechnical Institute | Other | Norway | 2 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania State University | University | United States | 2 |
| 8 | Shandong University | University | China | 2 |
| 9 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | University | Singapore | 2 |
| 10 | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 2 |

## What its papers cite

*Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | University | China | 4 |
| 2 | Hangzhou Dianzi University | University | China | 3 |
| 3 | KU Leuven | University | Belgium | 3 |
| 4 | University of Technology Sydney | University | Australia | 2 |
| 5 | Liaoning University | University | China | 2 |
| 6 | University of Bonn | University | Germany | 2 |
| 7 | King's College London | University | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 8 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | Government | China | 2 |
| 9 | German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies | Government | Germany | 2 |
| 10 | National Science Library | Archive | China | 2 |

More: https://scholar4ai.com/corporate-citations.md · https://scholar4ai.com/industry-university.md

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). SCImago Research Group. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/scimago-research-group

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  urldate = {2026-10-31},
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