  This paper presents the results and further development of a survey sent to
11,799 Spanish faculty members and researchers from various fields of the
social sciences and the humanities, obtaining a total of 45.6% (5,368
responses) usable answers. Respondents were asked (a) to indicate the three
most important journals in their field and (b) to rate them on a 0-10 scale
according to their quality. The information obtained has been synthesized in
two indicators which reflect the perceived quality of journals. Once the values
were obtained, the journals were categorized according to each indicator and
the ordinal positions were compared. Different profiles of journals are
analyzed in connection with experts opinion, such as regional orientation, and
the consensus among researchers is studied. Finally, the possibilities of
extending the research and indicators to sets of international journals are
explored.
