El cine de Pedro Almodóvar como objeto de estudio en Scopus (1987-2024). : Tendencias, impacto y aproximaciones

Andoni Iturbe Tolosa; Itxaso del Castillo Aira

doi:10.24310/fotocinema.31.2025.21471

Authors

Andoni Iturbe Tolosa UPV/EHU https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1184-4634
Itxaso del Castillo Aira UPV/EHU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/fotocinema.31.2025.21471

Keywords:

Pedro Almodóvar, Scopus, postmodernism, Spanish cinema, bibliometric analysis

Abstract

This article reviews all the articles published between 1987 and 2024 on Pedro Almodóvar's films in the Scopus database. The Spanish director is the Spanish filmmaker with the largest presence in this database, the thirteenth in the history of cinema and the fifth most examined living filmmaker in the aforementioned database.The objective has been to analyze the scientific production (198 manuscripts in total, distributed in 139 articles, 37 book chapters and 22 books), the trends, approaches, the impact of the publications and the origin of the authorships and universities. The results reveal that the most generalized approach is Cultural Studies, derived from Anglo-Saxon journals, which copied more articles, and with the University of Malaga as the academic institution with more publications. The predominant themes are melodrama, postmodernism, camp, masculinities, and age studies. There is still no consensus on the ontological nature of his cinema (camp, baroque, postmodern).

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Author Biographies

Andoni Iturbe Tolosa, UPV/EHU

PhD in Social Communication, graduate in Journalism and in Art History. He is an Associate Professor in the department of Audio-visual Communication and Advertising, and Vice-Dean of Strategic Planning and Infrastructure at the UPV/EHU . He is responsible for the University Business workshop with ETB, He is PI of the emerging UPV/EHU group ADI, focused on the audio-visual industry, narratives, and gender(s). He has had research stays at the University of Texas Austin, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and Lyon II
Itxaso del Castillo Aira, UPV/EHU

Graduate in Journalism from the EHU/UPV, Master’s in Film and TV Studies from the University of Amsterdam (Holland), Master’s in Creative Documentary from Pompeu i Fabra, and PhD in Social Communication at the EHU/UPV. Assistant Professor and accredited as an associate in the department of Audio-visual Communication and Advertising at EHU/UPV. He was previously a scriptwriter at ETB for 12 years. SHe is Co-PI of the emerging UPV/EHU group ADI, dealing with the audio-visual industry, narratives, and gender(s). He had a research stay at the University of Groningen

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