Mendoza-Chuctaya G, Rodrigo-Ramos K, Mendoza-Arana P, Rios-Cadenillas E
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru.
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru.
Actas Urol Esp (Engl Ed). 2024 Dec;48(10):695-702. doi: 10.1016/j.acuroe.2024.09.002. Epub 2024 Sep 21.
The knowledge generated by scientific research is linked to the development of countries, as it provides the necessary resources to guarantee scientific progress and cost-effective healthcare. For this reason, our study analyzes the trends of scientific publication in urology in Latin America.
A bibliometric analysis was performed. Data collection was carried out using the SCOPUS search engine in April 2023, and the search terms were defined by the authors, including the most common diseases in the specialty of urology. A descriptive analysis of the different characteristics, trends and scientific collaborations was performed. The collaboration networks were plotted using VOSviewer.
From 2000 to 2021, Latin American publications in urology amounted to 9135 in scientific journals. Brazil is the country with the greatest scientific production (51.2%) and Chile has the greatest scientific production per million inhabitants. Of the total number of scientific publications, 51.1% were related to prostate cancer, 88.8% were written in English (and 50.2% had non-open access). The country with greatest collaborative research with Latin America was the United States.
Scientific output in urology in Latin America has increased substantially over the last 20 years. The most published topic is prostate cancer, most papers are written in English, and the United States takes first place regarding scientific collaboration. However, the proportion of the world's science originated in Latin America is still low and depends on Brazil.
科学研究产生的知识与国家发展相关联，因为它提供了保障科学进步和具有成本效益的医疗保健所需的资源。因此，我们的研究分析了拉丁美洲泌尿外科领域的科学出版物趋势。
进行了文献计量分析。2023年4月使用Scopus搜索引擎进行数据收集，搜索词由作者定义，包括泌尿外科专业中最常见的疾病。对不同特征、趋势和科学合作进行了描述性分析。使用VOSviewer绘制合作网络。
2000年至2021年，拉丁美洲在科学期刊上发表的泌尿外科相关文章达9135篇。巴西是科学产出最多的国家（占51.2%），智利每百万居民的科学产出最高。在所有科学出版物中，51.1%与前列腺癌相关，88.8%用英文撰写（且50.2%没有开放获取）。与拉丁美洲合作研究最多的国家是美国。
在过去20年里，拉丁美洲泌尿外科的科学产出大幅增加。发表最多的主题是前列腺癌，大多数论文用英文撰写，在科学合作方面美国位居第一。然而，源自拉丁美洲的世界科学占比仍然很低，且依赖于巴西。
