Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez is a Tenured Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), affiliated with the Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP) in Madrid. She holds a PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Granada (2005) and has developed her professional career in the field of quantitative studies of science.

Her research focuses on the study of the production, dissemination, and use of scientific knowledge, with particular emphasis on collaboration patterns, mobility, and leadership, as well as the dynamics of the global science system. She has proposed methodological approaches for analyzing scientific portfolios at various levels—individual, institutional, and national—that incorporate not only scholarly publications but also institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration networks, societal contributions, and innovation. She also explores how information on these dynamics can support the traceability of academic trajectories and inform the design of research agendas aimed at addressing local and complex global challenges.

She is a founding member of the SCImago Research Group, the origin of the SCImago Lab spin-off, where she has been serving as a scientific advisor since 2008. Her work in this area focuses on knowledge transfer, combining research in quantitative science studies with the development of indicators, methodologies, and open-access infrastructures for the strategic management, assessment, and evaluation of scientific activity. She also contributes to the development of analytical frameworks and science-policy reports.

Her work is characterized by the integration of metric-based analyses with a critical reflection on traditional models of strategic assessment and research evaluation, contributing to the development of more inclusive and responsible frameworks aligned with the principles of open science and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this line, she participates in international initiatives such as the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA).

 

 

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Information Science (Universidad de Granada, Spain). Doctoral Thesis “Análisis del Dominio Científico Español: 1995-2002 (ISI, Web of Science). January 2005.
• Master in Library and Information Science (Estudios Avanzados - DEA). Títle: “Análisis de la colaboración científica”. Universidad de Granada. October 2001.
• Bachelor's Degree in Library and Information Science. Universidad de Granada, 1994-1999.

POSITIONS

• Head of Department Science and Innovation - Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC), 2024- present
• Invited Expert - CoARA-CSIC Commission, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 2023-2025
• Group Leader, Metrics and Innovation in Science and Technology (MIST) - Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC), 2019- present
• Secretary/Treasurer, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) – Science and Technology Policy (SIG-STI), 2022-2024
• External Researcher– EC3Metrics Research Group – University of Granada, 2022 - present
• Visiting Professor - Peking University, Department of Information Management (China), November 2020 - Octubre 2024
• Specialty Chief Editor Research Assessment - Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2019 - present
• Member, Board of Directors - International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS), June 2018 - 2023
• Visiting Senior Researcher- Indiana University Bloomington, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering (USA), September 2016 - 2022
• Associate Research Professor - Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC), August 2008- present
• Scientific Senior Advisor - SCImago Lab, Agosto 2008 - 
• Senior Researcher – SCImago Research Group (contracted via the Research Transfer Office – OTRI), University of Granada, December 2005 – July 2008
• Postdoctoral Fellowship – University of Granada, Institutional Research Plan (Plan Propio), November, 2004 – October, 2005
• Predoctoral Fellowship – Teaching and Research Personnel (FPI), Junta de Andalucía, November, 2000 – October, 2004

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• (AEAC) Asociación Española para el Avance de la Ciencia (2018-)
• (INSciTS) International Network for the Science of Team Science (2018-)
• (4S) Society for Social Studies of Science (2018-)
• (ISSI) International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (2016-)
• SCImago Lab (2008-)
• (CYTED) Red Iberoamericana sobre el Uso del Conocimiento Científico. Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (2008-)
• Triple Hélice de Valparaíso (Chile) (2005-)
• SCImago Research Group (2000-)