Research in Science Communication
A Study on Scientific Articles in Latin America
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https://doi.org/10.52712/issn.1850-0013-377Keywords:
science communication, academic production, Latin America, scientific articlesAbstract
With the aim of presenting an updated panorama of academic production in science communication in Latin America, 1633 articles published in 544 journals between 1985 and 2020, written by 2900 authors, were analyzed. These articles were searched in scientific databases using descriptors related to the area of science communication. The results point to a field that has been growing steadily over time and more intensified in the last decade. Academic production in Latin American science communication remains concentrated in a few countries. Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia together concentrate 93.8% of this production, with Brazil being the field's main production location. Women stand out in the authorship of articles. The articles are mostly qualitative and have as main approaches documentary research, bibliographic research, case studies and questionnaires. The relationship between media, both traditional and digital, and science is the most present focus in research. The authors prefer the term “science communication” to refer to this academic field. The portrait is of a field scattered in several academic journals, with few authors with publication frequency and with reduced international collaboration.
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