Metrics of the literature on the indigenous people of Mexico

Authors

  • Cristina Restrepo-Arango Biblioteca General Alfonso Borrero Cabal, S.J. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá (Colombia) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4275-4102
  • Rubén Urbizagástegui-Alvarado Universidad de California en Riverside

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2016v21n46p104

Keywords:

Indians of Mexico, Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Growth of literatura, Co-words, Co-authors

Abstract

Demographic characteristics, growth and productivity of the published literature on the indigenous peoples of Mexico and indexed in Web of Science and Scopus are analyzed. 2,457 works published, especially in academic journals (94%) and book reviews (25.5%) in English (89%) were found. 732 titles of journals publishing a total of 1,642 items and 9 magazine titles identified in the core area, among which are Ancient Mesoamerica, Latin American Antiquity, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Science, Economic Botany and Science, among others. 2,905 authors (80.6%) who published a single article, while 392 authors (11%) published two articles were found. The literature on this issue grows exponentially with an annual rate of 4.4% and a rate of doubling every 16 years. Key words most frequently used to specify such literature is "North of American Indians", "Human", "Mexico", "adult" and "American Indian". 11 groups of authors or invisible colleges were found.

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Published

2016-04-28

How to Cite

RESTREPO-ARANGO, Cristina; URBIZAGÁSTEGUI-ALVARADO, Rubén. Metrics of the literature on the indigenous people of Mexico. Encontros Bibli: revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 46, p. 104–120, 2016. DOI: 10.5007/1518-2924.2016v21n46p104. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2016v21n46p104. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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