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Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica latinoamericana sobre COVID-19

INTRODUCTION: The propagation of COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has become a pandemic which, along with its rapid dissemination worldwide, has brought about an exponential increase in the amount of research related to the subject to which Latin American r...

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Autores principales: Gregorio-Chaviano, Orlando, Limaymanta, César H., López-Mesa, Evony K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33152194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5571
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author Gregorio-Chaviano, Orlando
Limaymanta, César H.
López-Mesa, Evony K.
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description INTRODUCTION: The propagation of COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has become a pandemic which, along with its rapid dissemination worldwide, has brought about an exponential increase in the amount of research related to the subject to which Latin American researchers have contributed actively. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a descriptive bibliometric study of the main trends in research on COVID-19 produced in Latin America. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched in the Web of Science, Scopus, and Pubmed databases to retrieve the Latin American scientific production on COVID-19. Bibliometric indicators of production, visibility, impact, and collaboration were analyzed to assess the regional participation in studies on the subject. RESULTS: The analysis of 142 documents evidenced an exponential growth of scientific production in the period analyzed, an important level of international collaboration (51.4%) in scientific production, and the leadership of regional institutions (71%) in the research with publications in high-visibility jounals especially in Colombia, Brazil, and México. CONCLUSIONS: The results regarding the regional participation in the research on COVID-19 were relevant not only in relation to its quantity and exponential growth during the period analyzed but also in terms of its quality and excellence with a high rate of international collaboration and publications in important scientific journals, which besides their visibility, represent a considerable contribution to the research compared to the other geographical contexts.
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spelling pubmed-76768302020-11-20 Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica latinoamericana sobre COVID-19 Gregorio-Chaviano, Orlando Limaymanta, César H. López-Mesa, Evony K. Biomedica Artículo Original INTRODUCTION: The propagation of COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has become a pandemic which, along with its rapid dissemination worldwide, has brought about an exponential increase in the amount of research related to the subject to which Latin American researchers have contributed actively. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a descriptive bibliometric study of the main trends in research on COVID-19 produced in Latin America. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched in the Web of Science, Scopus, and Pubmed databases to retrieve the Latin American scientific production on COVID-19. Bibliometric indicators of production, visibility, impact, and collaboration were analyzed to assess the regional participation in studies on the subject. RESULTS: The analysis of 142 documents evidenced an exponential growth of scientific production in the period analyzed, an important level of international collaboration (51.4%) in scientific production, and the leadership of regional institutions (71%) in the research with publications in high-visibility jounals especially in Colombia, Brazil, and México. CONCLUSIONS: The results regarding the regional participation in the research on COVID-19 were relevant not only in relation to its quantity and exponential growth during the period analyzed but also in terms of its quality and excellence with a high rate of international collaboration and publications in important scientific journals, which besides their visibility, represent a considerable contribution to the research compared to the other geographical contexts. Instituto Nacional de Salud 2020-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7676830/ /pubmed/33152194 http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5571 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Este es un artículo publicado en acceso abierto bajo una licencia Creative Commons
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López-Mesa, Evony K.
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title_full_unstemmed Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica latinoamericana sobre COVID-19
title_short Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica latinoamericana sobre COVID-19
title_sort análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica latinoamericana sobre covid-19
topic Artículo Original
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33152194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5571
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