Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis

ABSTRACT The article’s objective is to present a quantitative overview of innovation studies developed by Latin American authors. We adopted the bibliometric method to build the study, with data originated from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, covering 30 years (1987-2016). From th...

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Autores principales: Tello Gamarra,Jorge, Machado Leo,Ricardo, Silva Avila,Ariane Mello, Wendland,Jonatas
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Publicado: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2018
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-272420180004000242019-01-30Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysisTello Gamarra,JorgeMachado Leo,RicardoSilva Avila,Ariane MelloWendland,Jonatas innovation studies bibliometric analysis Latin-America Scopus Web of science ABSTRACT The article’s objective is to present a quantitative overview of innovation studies developed by Latin American authors. We adopted the bibliometric method to build the study, with data originated from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, covering 30 years (1987-2016). From this data analysis, we found out that innovation studies in Latin America, for long period, did not present a significant volume. However, this scenario has undergone changes, such as: (1) the growth in the volume of publications of the countries; (2) the relevant collaboration between Latin American countries and the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom; (3) and relevant presence of Brazilian authors and universities as the most productive in the region. Despite these changes, Latin America still falls behind the reference countries in the area, accounting for 2.75% of the worldwide bibliographic production on innovation in the databases analyzed.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.13 n.4 20182018-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242018000400024en10.4067/S0718-27242018000400024
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topic innovation studies
bibliometric analysis
Latin-America
Scopus
Web of science
spellingShingle innovation studies
bibliometric analysis
Latin-America
Scopus
Web of science
Tello Gamarra,Jorge
Machado Leo,Ricardo
Silva Avila,Ariane Mello
Wendland,Jonatas
Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis
description ABSTRACT The article’s objective is to present a quantitative overview of innovation studies developed by Latin American authors. We adopted the bibliometric method to build the study, with data originated from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, covering 30 years (1987-2016). From this data analysis, we found out that innovation studies in Latin America, for long period, did not present a significant volume. However, this scenario has undergone changes, such as: (1) the growth in the volume of publications of the countries; (2) the relevant collaboration between Latin American countries and the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom; (3) and relevant presence of Brazilian authors and universities as the most productive in the region. Despite these changes, Latin America still falls behind the reference countries in the area, accounting for 2.75% of the worldwide bibliographic production on innovation in the databases analyzed.
author Tello Gamarra,Jorge
Machado Leo,Ricardo
Silva Avila,Ariane Mello
Wendland,Jonatas
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title Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis
title_short Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis
title_full Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis
title_fullStr Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis
title_full_unstemmed Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis
title_sort innovation studies in latin america: a bibliometric analysis
publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
publishDate 2018
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