TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization and analysis of Latin American scientific production in MDPI journals
T2 - a study based on Web of Science.
AU - Gregorio-Chaviano, Orlando
AU - Stable-Rodríguez, Yudayly
AU - Zamora, María Consuelo
AU - López-Mesa, Evony Katherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 CSIC.
PY - 2025/8/19
Y1 - 2025/8/19
N2 - The MDPI editorial journals have generate extensive debate due to its influence on the current scientific publication ecosystem. This article analyzes the scientific activity in Latin America published in MDPI journals to study its trends and determine if its production patterns relate to those of other geographic contexts. Articles and reviews from the period 2013–2023 were retrieved from the SCI, SSCI, A&HCI, and ESCI indices of Web of Science, amounting to 64,043 documents from Latin American countries. The results show an increase in productivity from the year 2017, with values close to 5% of production in MDPI and the journal Sustainability as the main communication channel in the region. A similar panorama to that of other countries is observed in most of the results where the use of MDPI journals as a scientific communication channel has increased, especially in the last five years.
AB - The MDPI editorial journals have generate extensive debate due to its influence on the current scientific publication ecosystem. This article analyzes the scientific activity in Latin America published in MDPI journals to study its trends and determine if its production patterns relate to those of other geographic contexts. Articles and reviews from the period 2013–2023 were retrieved from the SCI, SSCI, A&HCI, and ESCI indices of Web of Science, amounting to 64,043 documents from Latin American countries. The results show an increase in productivity from the year 2017, with values close to 5% of production in MDPI and the journal Sustainability as the main communication channel in the region. A similar panorama to that of other countries is observed in most of the results where the use of MDPI journals as a scientific communication channel has increased, especially in the last five years.
KW - América Latina
KW - comunicación de la ciencia
KW - evaluación científica
KW - La tin America
KW - MDPI journals
KW - revistas científicas
KW - revistas MDPI
KW - s cience c ommunication
KW - s cientific evaluation
KW - scientific j ournals
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105018180745
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/a0bbed3f-a5f0-3685-9bea-01f201ad3a86/
U2 - 10.3989/redc.2025.2.1615
DO - 10.3989/redc.2025.2.1615
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:105018180745
SN - 0210-0614
VL - 48
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica
JF - Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica
IS - 2
ER -