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Ecuador publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded: institutions, subjects, citation and collaboration patterns

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Ecuador, a country of 17 million inhabitants with a medium hwnan development index of 0.75, has a small scientific productivity in relation to its size and population. Objective: To analyze Ecuador publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded, focusing on productivity, subjects, institutions, citations, and trends. Methods: We analyzed scientific publications by authors from Ecuador from 1900 to 2017 in the Science Citation Index Expanded and compared it with other tropical countries. Results: We found 16 document types (7 806 articles). The three most productive institutions were Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, and Escuela Politecnica Nacional. USA and Spain were the most frequent collaborating countries. Most articles were in English and ecology, botany, and zoology were common, but no field produced over 8 % of articles. However, ecology represents 11.3 % of the total citations. The most cited papers in the database were from large international biology and physics projects with minimal participation of Ecuadorean scientists. Article citations occurs mostly after the SCI stops counting. Conclusion: Science in Ecuador is growing but needs to greatly increase collaboration among Ecuadorean institutions to reduce its dependence on forcing projects. However, this study did not include articles published by the hundreds of Ecuadorean journals not covered by the SCI Expanded
Bao, Haoran (59488973200); Nikolaeva, Anna (59489398100); Xia, Jun (59148841500); Ma, Feng (59489188000)
Evolution Trends and Future Prospects in Artificial Marine Reef Research: A 28-Year Bibliometric Analysis
2025
10.3390/su17010184
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85214475018&doi=10.3390%2fsu17010184&partnerID=40&md5=de023fd8f5c61e9bce1810c36393d7db
Department of Marine and Fisheries Business Administration, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea; School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China; Department of Marine Design Convergence Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea; Department of Environmental Design, Dongseo University, Busan, 47011, South Korea; College of Network Communication, Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing, 312000, China
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