Madrid, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Tomorrow, Thursday, June 9 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of May will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly barometers, as well as a variable part in which the opinion of Spaniards on collective risks is collected, including attitudes towards nuclear energy. This information can be used in part or in its entirety without the need to cite sources. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

The Center for Sociological Research presents its new publication: “Excluded Generations: Mexican-Americans, Assimilation and Race” The event will be attended by the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos, one of the authors of the book, Edward E. Telles, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University (USA), and the author of the introductory study, Antonio Izquierdo, Professor of Sociology at the University of A Coruña. Day : Friday June 10 Time : 12:30 p.m. Location : Martín Gaite Pavilion of the Madrid Book Fair (Jardines del Buen Retiro)

Madrid, Thursday, June 30, 2011 – Tomorrow, Friday, July 1 , the data from the study “Debate on the State of the Nation,” carried out by the Center for Sociological Research, will be made public. Throughout the day, the time at which the data will be available on the Center's website (www.cis.es) will be announced to the media. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

Madrid, 13 July.- “Líderes políticos, opinión pública y comportamiento electoral en España”, by Guillem Rico, edited by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) in 2009 has won the Best Book prize awarded by the Asociación Española de Ciencia Política (AECPA). The jury, which in this edition evaluated works published in the last two years, highlighted its originality, innovation, importance, impact and repercussion. This is the first research work published in Spain to make an in-depth, systematic analysis of different leadership images and their effect on the political attitudes and voting decisions of the Spanish people. Guillem Rico, a doctor in Political Science from the Universidad Autonomy de Barcelona, proves that a leader's image has a significant impact on the voting decisions of the Spanish people, and in so doing has corroborated a phenomenon already perceived by electoral behaviour experts in Spain: a good opinion of a leader significantly increases the probability of their party receiving support. The data used in this publication came from the huge CIS database which registers the popularity of candidates over the past 30 years, and includes an analysis of the evolution of the appraisal of leaders of the PSOE, PP/AP, IU/PCE, UCD and CDS political parties between 1979-2009. The results of this work suggest that the general public makes sensible and politically sound use of their opinions on leaders. It also proves that a candidate's image is intimately and consistently linked to the circumstances of the political debate, the performance of different governments, and the policies put forward by different parties. “Líderes políticos, opinión pública y comportamiento electoral en España” shares this prize with the work “Azorín, testigo parlamentario. Periodismo y política de 1902 a 1923”, by José Ferrándiz Lozano.

The Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) has awarded the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS) the Certificate of Excellent Journal after having successfully passed the quality assessment process for Spanish scientific journals carried out by said foundation. In consecutive and eliminating phases multiple editorial quality indicators were analysed, such as peer review, established in its regulations; the absence of author endogamy, or the existence of an editorial committee, as well as the percentage of original material in the content published, amongst others. Likewise, the scientific quality assessment evaluated the objectives, scope and contribution to the area of study to which the journal belongs, as well as the importance of the databases in which it is indexed and the impact on its field. Present in the most prestigious international citation indexes, such as the Social Science Citation Index and Scopus, the REIS continues to lead the cumulative historical impact indexes for 1994-2009 and 2000-2009, according to IN-RECS. It is currently the only Spanish social sciences journal present in the JSTOR repository of scientific journals and the second most downloaded on DIALNET, repository containing journals from all areas of study.  

Consult the last issue número 135 (julio-septiembre 2011) Open access to the full text of número 131 The Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS) has been listed for the first time in the Scientific Information Institute (ISI) international ranking, ahead of other Spanish sociological journals in terms of impact and citations obtained, according to the latest Journal Citation Reports (JCR). With 69 citations in 2010, corresponding to articles published in 2008 and 2009, the REIS is ranked 105 out of 129 best sociology journals, being the highest ranking Spanish-language journal. Present in the most prestigious international citation indexes, such as the Social Science Citation Index and Scopus, the REIS continues to lead the Spanish cumulative historical impact indexes for 1994-2009 and 2000-2009, according to the IN-RECS. It is currently the only Spanish social sciences journal included in the JSTOR repository of scientific journals, and the second most downloaded on DIALNET, a repository which lists journals from all areas of study.

Madrid, Friday, July 1, 2011. From next Monday, July 4 to July 8 , the Center for Sociological Research directs and sponsors the course “Opinion surveys in today's society: challenges and opportunities,” within the framework of the summer courses at the Complutense University of Madrid, at its headquarters in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. On Friday, July 8, at 12 noon, the closing will be carried out by the Minister of the Presidency, Ramón Jáuregui. The course program and information on enrollment, scholarships and credits can be consulted in the information accompanying this note and on the following website: http://www.ucm.es/info/cv/subweb/prog/programas/71106.html For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Delivery of the study "Debate on the State of the Nation" 07-01-2011 Madrid, Friday, July 1, 2011 – Today, Friday , July 1 , at 4 p.m. On the CIS website (www.cis.es) data on the study “Debate on the State of the Nation” will be available to interested parties. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625 or mcarabantes@cis.es .

Madrid, Monday, July 4, 2011 – In the provisional preview of the results of study 2907, a survey on the Debate on the State of the Nation, published last Friday, July 1, there is an error in the results of question 17 , regarding whether The image of the different political leaders who have intervened in it has improved or worsened after such intervention. The error, which affected the distributions of responses with respect to the following political leaders: Rosa Díez, Carlos Salvador and José Antonio Alonso, has already been corrected in the report currently available on the CIS website.

Madrid, 21 October. The Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), Spain's official sociological research body has, through its Department of Publications and Research Promotion, attended the 2nd International Social Science Book Fair as guest of honour, organised by the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO-Academic Seat Guatemala. The main objective of this event, which took place from 27 September to 2 October, was to promote books specialising in social sciences among secondary level and university students, academics and professionals from Central America. During the inaugural session, the CIS Publications Department shared its experience in the field of publishing, dissemination and marketing government academic publications with the authorities and public who attended, through a talk entitled: "Publicaciones del CIS: El reto de editar en ciencias sociales desde la Administración pública" (CIS Publications: The challenge of publishing social sciences from the public administration). FILCSO invited the Autonomous University of Mexico as guest of honour at the event's first edition last year, and brought together more than 20 Latin American publishers from specialist institutions producing social science text books, universities and research centres. This year's edition acknowledges the high quality editorial and academic work of the CIS, which has a catalogue that extends to almost 500 titles, in publishing the most important research conducted in the field of social sciences.