Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis

ABSTRACT The article’s objective is to present a quantitative overview of innovation studies developed by Latin American authors. We adopted the bibliometric method to build the study, with data originated from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, covering 30 years (1987-2016). From this data analysis, we found out that innovation studies in Latin America, for long period, did not present a significant volume. However, this scenario has undergone changes, such as: (1) the growth in the volume of publications of the countries; (2) the relevant collaboration between Latin American countries and the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom; (3) and relevant presence of Brazilian authors and universities as the most productive in the region. Despite these changes, Latin America still falls behind the reference countries in the area, accounting for 2.75% of the worldwide bibliographic production on innovation in the databases analyzed.

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Main Authors: Tello Gamarra,Jorge, Machado Leo,Ricardo, Silva Avila,Ariane Mello, Wendland,Jonatas
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2018
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242018000400024
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