Characterization and analysis of Latin American scientific production in MDPI journals: a study based on Web of Science.

Orlando Gregorio-Chaviano; Yudayly Stable-Rodríguez; María Consuelo Zamora; Evony Katherine López-Mesa

doi:10.3989/redc.2025.2.1615

Characterization and analysis of Latin American scientific production in MDPI journals: a study based on Web of Science.

Título traducido de la contribución: Caracterización y análisis de la producción científica latinoamericana en revistas de la editorial MDPI: un estudio basado en Web of Science

Orlando Gregorio-Chaviano
, Yudayly Stable-Rodríguez
, María Consuelo Zamora
, Evony Katherine López-Mesa

Departamento de Ciencia de la Información

Instituto de Información Científica y Tecnológica
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Universidad EAN

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Las revistas de la editorial MDPI han generado un amplio debate debido a su influencia en el ecosistema de publicación científica actual. Este artículo analiza la actividad científica latinoamericana publicada en revistas MDPI para estudiar sus tendencias y determinar si sus patrones de producción se relacionan con los de otros contextos geográficos. Se recuperaron artículos y revisiones del período 2013-2023 de los índices SCI, SSCI, A&HCI y ESCI de Web of Science, correspondientes a 64.043 documentos de países latinoamericanos. Los resultados revelan un incremento en la productividad a partir del año 2017, con un 5% de la producción en MDPI, siendo la revista Sustainability el principal canal de comunicación en la región. Se observa en la mayoría de los resultados un panorama similar al de otros países, con aumento del uso de revistas MDPI como medio de comunicación científica, especialmente en el último quinquenio.

Título traducido de la contribución	Caracterización y análisis de la producción científica latinoamericana en revistas de la editorial MDPI: un estudio basado en Web of Science
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1-17
Número de páginas	17
Publicación	Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica
Volumen	48
N.º	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2025.2.1615
Estado	Publicada - 19 ago. 2025

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Characterization and analysis of Latin American scientific production in MDPI journals: a study based on Web of Science. / Gregorio-Chaviano, Orlando; Stable-Rodríguez, Yudayly; Zamora, María Consuelo et al.
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