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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
Lizano-Mora, Henry (57222548433); Palos-Sanchez, Pedro R. (57193833640); Aguayo-Camacho, Mariano (57193831139)
The evolution of business process management: A bibliometric analysis
2021
10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3066340
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85103151266&doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2021.3066340&partnerID=40&md5=1c33c408adbab0bc0582c2eecab4f675
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