Ana María Fernández Pérez
Ana María Fernández Pérez
Profesora Titular de Universidad
I obtained my Ph.D. in 2004 with the highest honors, Sobresaliente Cum Laude. In 2010, I received the Research Award from the University of Cádiz (III edition) in the Scientific Contributions category. I published the book “The Determinants of Innovation and Innovative Attitudes in Industrial Companies. Analysis of the Andalusian Case” in 2006, through the University of Cádiz’s Publishing Service.
I earned a six-year research period for 2004-2009. My work includes publishing various articles and contributions in national and international journals with impact factors, such as Research Policy, Scientometrics, European Planning Studies, Economía Industrial, and Revista de Estudios Regionales. I am a member of the Innovation and Transport Economics Research Group (SEJ-295), and I have participated in publicly funded R&D projects.
My main research areas are technological innovation, regional development, innovation systems, modeling R&D activities in regional innovation systems, and the economics of scientific and technological knowledge. I have presented numerous papers at national and international conferences and symposiums.
Key publications include:
- Fernández, A., Ferrándiz, E., & León, M. D. (2021). Are organizational and economic proximity driving factors of scientific collaboration? Evidence from Spanish universities, 2001-2010. Scientometrics, 126(1), 579-602. DOI 10.1007/s11192-020-03748-3
- Fernández, A. & León, E. F. (2017). The effect of economic distance on scientific collaboration between universities. Evidence for the regions of Southern Europe. Investigaciones Regionales-Journal of Regional Research, (37), 55-76.
- Fernández, A., Ferrándiz, E., & León, M. D. (2016). Proximity dimensions and scientific collaboration among academic institutions in Europe: The closer, the better?. Scientometrics, 106(3), 1073-1092.
- Dolores León, M., Fernández, A. M., & Flores, E. (2011). Scientific and Technological Knowledge of Universities in the EU-15: Implications for Convergence. European Planning Studies, 19(4), 683-703.
- Fernández, A., Ferrándiz, E., & León, M. D. (2018). Patterns of academic scientific collaboration at a distance: Evidence from Southern European countries. In Scientometrics. InTech. (Open Access Books). ISBN 978-1-78923-307-0.