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"Authors","Author full names","Author(s) ID","Titles","Year","Source title","Volume","Issue","Art. No.","Page start","Page end","Page count","DOI","Cited by","Link","Affiliations","Authors with affiliations","Abstract","Indexed Keywords","Author Keywords","Molecular Sequence Numbers","Chemicals/CAS","Funding Details","Funding Texts","References","Correspondence Address","Editors","Tradenames","Manufacturers","Publisher","Conference name","Conference code","Conference location","Conference date","Sponsors","ISSN","ISBN","CODEN","PubMed ID","Language of Original Document","Abbreviated Source Title","Document Type","Publication Stage","Open Access","Source","EID" "Espinosa I.; Cuenca V.; Eissa-Garcés A.; Sisa I.","Espinosa, Isabel (57222222005); Cuenca, Víctor (57329081100); Eissa-Garcés, Ahmed (57224992729); Sisa, Ivan (54421256700)","57222222005; 57329081100; 57224992729; 54421256700","A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 research in Latin America and the Caribbean; [Un análisis bibliométrico de la investigación sobre COVID-19 en Latinoamérica y el Caribe]","2021","Revista Facultad de Medicina","69","3","e94520","","","","10.15446/revfacmed.v69n3.94520","4","https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117072944&doi=10.15446%2frevfacmed.v69n3.94520&partnerID=40&md5=214c9c0d0fd00cfa0b91ac4d3e82a67c","Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, College of Health Sciences, Medical School, Quito, Ecuador","Espinosa I., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, College of Health Sciences, Medical School, Quito, Ecuador; Cuenca V., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, College of Health Sciences, Medical School, Quito, Ecuador; Eissa-Garcés A., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, College of Health Sciences, Medical School, Quito, Ecuador; Sisa I., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, College of Health Sciences, Medical School, Quito, Ecuador","Introduction: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the regions most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there is scarce literature addressing the research strategies developed in LAC to face COVID-19. Objective: To quantify and assess the production of scientific publications about COVID-19 in 32 countries of LAC between January 1 and July 31, 2020. Materials and methods: Bibliometric study. Scientific papers on COVID-19 conducted in LAC or re-porting data pertaining to LAC and published between January 1 to July 31, 2020, were searched in the Scopus, PubMed, and LILACS databases. A subgroup analysis including only original research articles was performed to determine the contribution of LAC countries to research on COVID-19, and standardization measures (# of articles per million people) were applied to compare the country-spe-cific production of this type of articles. Results: A total of 1 291 publications were retrieved. Overall, most of them were non-original research articles (81.72%), and the countries with the highest scientific production were Brazil (43.91%) and Mexico (9.14%). However, after applying the standardization measures, Chile was the country with the highest production of original articles (0.58 per million inhabitants). Regarding original studies (n=236), cross-sectional design was the most common (25.84%). Diagnosis and treatment of the disease was the main research focus (n=354; 27.42%). However, in the subgroup analysis (n=236), epidemiology and surveillance were the most prevalent research focus (n=57; 24.15%). Conclusions: During the study period, non-original research articles were predominant in the scientific production of the LAC region, and interventional studies were scarce among original articles, while the cross-sectional design predominated. Further research with a better quality of evidence should be performed in these countries to contribute to the making of health policies aimed at easing the burden of COVID-19 in the region and preparing for future pandemics. © 2021, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. All rights reserved.","","Bibliometrics; Biomedical Research; Caribbean Region (MeSH); COVID-19; Latin America","","","","","Cucinotta D, Vanelli M. WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic. Acta Biomed. 2020;91(1):157-60. https://doi.org/ggq86h.; Wold Health Organization (WHO). WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard. New York: Who; 2021 [cited 2021 Mar 17]. Available from: https://bit.ly/3DhSOY5.; Gianola S, Jesus TS, Bargeri S, Castellini G. Characteristics of academic publications, preprints, and registered clinical trials on the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2020;15(10):e0240123. https://doi.org/ghgdxw.; Brainard J. Scientists are drowning in COVID-19 papers. Can new tools keep them afloat? Science. 2020 [cited 2021 Jun 14]. 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J Vis Exp. 2019;(152):e58494. https://doi.org/ghph9g.","I. Sisa; Escuela de Medicina, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador; email: isisa@usfq.edu.ec","","","","Universidad Nacional de Colombia","","","","","","01200011","","","","English","Rev. Fac. Med.","Article","Final","All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access","Scopus","2-s2.0-85117072944"