Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Chiclayo, Peru.
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru.
Ethiop J Health Sci. 2022 Mar;32(2):235-242. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v32i2.3.
Currently, there is a worldwide health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic; consequently, it is necessary to find effective vaccines in order to immunize the population and prevent the transmission of the disease. Likewise, it is important to know vaccine progress and efficacy research, mainly in Latin American countries where no studies have been conducted yet to know the scientific production on COVID-19.
A retrospective and descriptive study was carried out and COVID-19 vaccine publications in Scopus-indexed journals were considered as a unit of analysis for the period between 2020 and June 2021, with authors affiliated to Latin American institutions.
We found 141 published Scopus-indexed COVID-19 vaccine articles with authors affiliated to Latin American institutions. Brazil has the highest scientific production with 33.33%, followed by Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. Regarding productivity by institution, 137 international institutions have participated in the Latin American COVID-19 vaccine production. The journals with the highest number of published articles are Vaccines and Vaccine. Both journals are located in Q1 of the SJR. The most frequently used descriptor was coronavirus disease 2019.
The Latin American scientific production on COVID-19 vaccines included 141 published Scopus-indexed articles. Likewise, Brazil is the Latin American country with the highest scientific production.
目前，由于 COVID-19 大流行，全球正面临健康危机；因此，有必要寻找有效的疫苗，以便对人群进行免疫接种，防止疾病传播。同样，了解疫苗进展和疗效研究也很重要，特别是在尚未开展研究以了解 COVID-19 方面的科学成果的拉丁美洲国家。
本研究采用回顾性和描述性研究方法，将 Scopus 索引期刊上发表的 COVID-19 疫苗出版物作为分析单位，时间范围为 2020 年至 2021 年 6 月，作者隶属于拉丁美洲机构。
我们发现，有 141 篇由隶属于拉丁美洲机构的作者发表的 Scopus 索引 COVID-19 疫苗文章。巴西的科学产量最高，为 33.33%，其次是墨西哥、哥伦比亚、阿根廷和智利。关于机构的生产力，有 137 个国际机构参与了拉丁美洲 COVID-19 疫苗的生产。发表文章数量最多的期刊是《疫苗》和《疫苗学杂志》。这两种期刊均位于 SJR 的 Q1 区。使用最多的描述符是 2019 年冠状病毒病。
拉丁美洲关于 COVID-19 疫苗的科学研究包括 141 篇已发表的 Scopus 索引文章。此外，巴西是拉丁美洲科学产量最高的国家。
