TY - JOUR
T1 - Scientific productivity in neurosciences in Latin America
T2 - a scientometrics perspective
AU - Forero, Diego A.
AU - Trujillo, Martha L.
AU - González-Giraldo, Yeimy
AU - Barreto, George E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - Background: Neurosciences research has increased significantly in recent years around the world. It has led to the development of interdisciplinary work, moving from activities from isolated fields (such as biology, psychology or neurology) to research that involves different scientific perspectives. In developing regions, such as Latin America, it has additional challenges, related to available funding and infrastructure. Aim: To analyze key factors in scientific productivity in neurosciences in Latin America. Methods: A bibliometric analysis of the scientific productivity in neurosciences in main five Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico) was carried out. Results: Brazil was the largest producer of scientific articles, and receptor of citations, in neurosciences in 1998-2017, followed by Mexico. We identified highly cited papers, top institutions, networks of authors, main journals and key areas in neurosciences for this period in the 5 countries. Conclusions: Scientific productivity in neurosciences in Latin America would benefit from the consolidation of more regional, interdisciplinary and international research networks. In this work, we discuss key elements for the consolidation of neurosciences research in Latin America.
AB - Background: Neurosciences research has increased significantly in recent years around the world. It has led to the development of interdisciplinary work, moving from activities from isolated fields (such as biology, psychology or neurology) to research that involves different scientific perspectives. In developing regions, such as Latin America, it has additional challenges, related to available funding and infrastructure. Aim: To analyze key factors in scientific productivity in neurosciences in Latin America. Methods: A bibliometric analysis of the scientific productivity in neurosciences in main five Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico) was carried out. Results: Brazil was the largest producer of scientific articles, and receptor of citations, in neurosciences in 1998-2017, followed by Mexico. We identified highly cited papers, top institutions, networks of authors, main journals and key areas in neurosciences for this period in the 5 countries. Conclusions: Scientific productivity in neurosciences in Latin America would benefit from the consolidation of more regional, interdisciplinary and international research networks. In this work, we discuss key elements for the consolidation of neurosciences research in Latin America.
KW - bibliometrics
KW - Latin America
KW - Neurosciences
KW - scientometrics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075378302&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00207454.2019.1692837
DO - 10.1080/00207454.2019.1692837
M3 - Article
C2 - 31714811
AN - SCOPUS:85075378302
SN - 0020-7454
VL - 130
SP - 398
EP - 406
JO - International Journal of Neuroscience
JF - International Journal of Neuroscience
IS - 4
ER -