Recepción de la obra otletiana en España a través del análisis cualitativo de citas

Abstract

This paper presents an analisys of the dissemination of Paul Otlet ideas in Spain, from the fisrt Spanish authors that mentioned his works, until the last works published in our country. A qualitative analysis of the citations has been carried out, focused on the Spanish authors specialized in Otlet’s ideas, in order to determine the most relevant authors and works on this topic. Also, an easy map has been designed, with the aim to present a graphic model to explain how Otlet’s ideas has been disseminated among Spanish scientific community. Finally, the most important problems derived of the application of a qualitative methodology has been described.