Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis
Ecuador has shown a growth in its scientific production since 2011, representing 85% of the total historical production. These investigations are reflected in scientific publications, which address world interest topics and serve as a link for the university, business, and society. This work aims to...
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| author | Herrera-Franco, Gricelda Montalván Burbano, Néstor Mora-Frank, Carlos Bravo-Montero, Lady |
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| description | Ecuador has shown a growth in its scientific production since 2011, representing 85% of the total historical production. These investigations are reflected in scientific publications, which address world interest topics and serve as a link for the university, business, and society. This work aims to analyze the scientific production generated by Ecuador in the period of 1920–2020 using bibliometric methods to evaluate its intellectual structure and performance. The methodology applied in this study includes: (i) terms definition and search criteria; (ii) database selection, initial search, and document compilation; (iii) data extraction and software selection; and finally, (iv) analysis of results. The results show that scientific production has been consolidated in 30,205 documents, developed in 27 subject areas, in 13 languages under the contribution of 84 countries. This intellectual structure is in harmony with the global context when presenting research topics related to “Biology and regional climate change”, “Higher education and its various approaches”, “Technology and Computer Science”, “Medicine”, “Energy, food and water”, and ”Development and applications on the Web”. Topics framed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainability, climate change, and others. This study contributes to the academic community, considering current re-search issues and global concerns, the collaboration between universities and countries that allow establishing future collaboration links. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-131352023-04-12T19:05:20Z Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis Herrera-Franco, Gricelda Montalván Burbano, Néstor Mora-Frank, Carlos Bravo-Montero, Lady bibliometric analysis intellectual structure universities country scientific output Ecuador Ecuador has shown a growth in its scientific production since 2011, representing 85% of the total historical production. These investigations are reflected in scientific publications, which address world interest topics and serve as a link for the university, business, and society. This work aims to analyze the scientific production generated by Ecuador in the period of 1920–2020 using bibliometric methods to evaluate its intellectual structure and performance. The methodology applied in this study includes: (i) terms definition and search criteria; (ii) database selection, initial search, and document compilation; (iii) data extraction and software selection; and finally, (iv) analysis of results. The results show that scientific production has been consolidated in 30,205 documents, developed in 27 subject areas, in 13 languages under the contribution of 84 countries. This intellectual structure is in harmony with the global context when presenting research topics related to “Biology and regional climate change”, “Higher education and its various approaches”, “Technology and Computer Science”, “Medicine”, “Energy, food and water”, and ”Development and applications on the Web”. Topics framed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainability, climate change, and others. This study contributes to the academic community, considering current re-search issues and global concerns, the collaboration between universities and countries that allow establishing future collaboration links. 2022-01-20T14:12:35Z 2022-01-20T14:12:35Z 2021-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2304-6775 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13135 10.3390/publications9040055 en https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/9/4/55 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | bibliometric analysis intellectual structure universities country scientific output Ecuador Herrera-Franco, Gricelda Montalván Burbano, Néstor Mora-Frank, Carlos Bravo-Montero, Lady Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title | Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_full | Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_short | Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_sort | scientific research in ecuador: a bibliometric analysis |
| topic | bibliometric analysis intellectual structure universities country scientific output Ecuador |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13135 |
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