Víctor Herrero-Solana is Full Professor at the Faculty of Communication and Documentation, University of Granada (Spain). He holds a BA in Library and Information Science from the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina), an MA in Library Science from UNAM (Mexico), and a PhD in Documentation from the University of Granada. For over three decades he has taught and researched at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, UNAM, El Colegio de México, the University of Extremadura and, since 1999, the University of Granada, with research stays in nine countries. His research focuses on data visualization, research evaluation, media impact and technology watch through patent analysis. A member of the SCImago group since its creation, he is principal investigator of SCImago-UGR (PAIDI SEJ036) and guarantor of the Unit for Computational Humanities and Social Sciences (U-CHASS). He currently leads the project “European innovation in Artificial Intelligence: boom or decline? A multidimensional approach from academic databases, patents and media” (PID2023-149646NB-I00, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, 2025-2027). He has authored some 20 books and chapters, 90 journal articles and 30 conference papers, and has taken part in 25 research projects and contracts. He has co-authored science reports for FECYT, the European Patent Office, the Junta de Andalucía, the Xunta de Galicia and Agencia IDEA, and developed portals under contract with Elsevier B.V.