Boletín Bibliométrico USTA - No. 3 (2021) Capítulo 1 Corriente principal

Abstract

The scientific community, over time, has been using various means dissemination of research results in the various areas of knowledge, To this end, science uses a valuable communication tool: scientific magazines. These means of communication are divided into two types: main and alternating current. One of the main characteristics that makes them differentiate one from the other is that mainstream magazines They are indexed on the Web of Science (WOS) and Scimago platforms. Journal & Country Rank (SJR) internationally, as opposed to regionally that are only found in national databases or academic production. In this way, more and more researchers seek to publish in journals that provide greater visibility and impact to your articles. However, the integration of articles by researchers from Latin America integrated into Scopus and Wos is proportionally low when compared to other countries in the world, which makes the vast majority of Latin American countries consumers of knowledge and not producers of it. There are determining factors of scientific productivity in countries whose effects vary in different disciplines; scientific production in science have a common structure of linguistic, economic, social, and cultural determinants. politicians independent of the discipline. Thus, it is essential to know context factors such as investment for R&I, number of researchers, level of training, policies in CTeI, among others. exist different indicators that provide us with an overview of the scientific activity of a community, its citation dynamics, the impact factor, the index of immediacy, the influence of magazines, the relationships that are established: co- references, co-citations, analysis of scientific collaboration, among others.

We can say that the analysis of the scientific reality of the countries, of the institutions, groups and researchers in particular, helps us to take political decisions to encourage the production of new knowledge of high impact, a fundamental element in the social and economic transformation of a country.

Next, the analysis of the production of articles integrated in mainstream journals by authors with institutional affiliation to the Santo Tomás University, in which an important growth of the academic production particularly in Web of Science (WoS), the base of data with the greatest impact worldwide. Likewise, an increase in the use of academic production with a significant increase in the number of citations in Scopus and WoS. The document highlights researchers with most cited institutional affiliation of the University during the period of analysis (2016-2020). Finally, we congratulate all the researchers who generate knowledge innovator integrated into the magazines with the greatest impact in the world and we invite you to be part of the funding calls for high-impact projects designed to facilitate and strengthen the publication dynamics in Scopus and Wos.