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- Title
Uso de técnicas bibliométricas en la investigación en salud ambiental en América Latina 2000-2009.
- Authors
Moreno Ceja, Faustino; Zumaya Leal, María del Rocío; Ceballos Monterrubio, María Elena
- Abstract
The environmental health subject has a significant growth in the international scientific production. The aim of this study was to characterize the generation of scientific papers in the field of environmental health for Latin America, over a period of 10 years. The methodology involved the use of bibliometric techniques. The results show that there are 1219 documents on the topic. Of these, 83.23% were produced by Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. The preferred language of publication is English, with 81.30% of the items, Spanish and Portuguese share equal figures, with a presence of 9,11%. The typology found indicates that 72.11% of the items were journal articles, 14.27% conference proceedings and 10.05% review articles. It is emphasized that all countries produce more than 60%. Other indicators show that Chile has the best average in citations per document, 8.02%.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL health research; BIBLIOMETRICS; ACADEMIC libraries; EDUCATION policy; LIBRARY materials
- Publication
Revista Interamericana de Bibliotecologia, 2018, Vol 41, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
0120-0976
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17533/udea.rib.v41n1a06