Abstract

MORENO-CEJA, Faustino; ZUMAYA-LEAL, María del Rocío  and  CEBALLOS-MONTERRUBIO, María Elena. Use of Bibliometric Techniques in Environmental Health Research in Latin America 2000-2009. Rev. Interam. Bibliot [online]. 2018, vol.41, n.1, pp.71-79. ISSN 0120-0976.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rib.v41n1a06.

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%.

Keywords : Latin America; environmental health; bibliometric; bibliometric indicators.

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