Gregorio-Chaviano Orlando, Limaymanta Cesar H, López-Mesa Evony K
Departamento de Ciencia de la Información, Facultad de Comunicación y Lenguaje, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
Línea de Estadística, Departamento de Ciencias, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú.
Biomedica. 2020 Oct 30;40(Supl. 2):104-115. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.5571.
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.
新型严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引发的传染病COVID-19的传播已成为一场大流行。随着其在全球迅速传播，与该主题相关的研究数量呈指数级增长，拉丁美洲的研究人员也积极参与其中。目的：对拉丁美洲开展的COVID-19研究的主要趋势进行描述性文献计量研究。材料与方法：我们在科学网、Scopus和PubMed数据库中进行检索，以获取拉丁美洲关于COVID-19的科研成果。分析了产出、知名度、影响力和合作方面的文献计量指标，以评估该地区在该主题研究中的参与情况。结果：对142篇文献的分析表明，在所分析的时间段内科研产出呈指数增长，科研产出中的国际合作水平较高（51.4%），并且在高知名度期刊上发表论文的研究中，区域机构发挥了主导作用（71%），尤其是在哥伦比亚、巴西和墨西哥。结论：关于该地区在COVID-19研究中的参与情况，其结果不仅在分析时间段内的数量和指数增长方面具有重要意义，而且在质量和卓越性方面也具有重要意义，国际合作率高且在重要科学期刊上发表论文，这些期刊除了具有较高的知名度外，与其他地理背景相比，对该研究也做出了相当大的贡献。
