An approach to the evolution of regional science in Spain through the contributions to the meetings of regional studies (1973-2004)
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of the contributions that
have been presented to the 30 Spanish Regional Studies Meetings which have been
hold since 1973. Firstly, the paper displays rankings of the authors and institutions
that have participated more actively in the Meetings. Secondly, the paper analyses the
main changes in the objectives, topics and research techniques of the contributions,
as well as in the scientific specialisation of their authors. This analysis allows drawing
some conclusions on the evolution of Regional Science in Spain throughout the
last 30 years.
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