Keywords
bibliometric
Latin America
iSchools
scientific production Análisis de redes sociales
bibliometría
Iberoamérica
iSchools
producción científica
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Abstract
The aim of the study is to characterize the scientific production of the iSchools movement schools in Latin America. A quantitative design was used and bibliometric techniques were combined with documentary analysis and social network analysis. The selected sample were the seven universities of the schools belonging to the Ibero-American region: The University of Minho (UMinho), Nova de Lisboa University (UNL), University of Porto (U. Porto), Oberta University of Catalonia (UOC), Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M), Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), and the Javeriana University of Colombia (U. Javeriana). Scientific production was recovered between 2005 and 2018 with the aim of including the founding year of the movement. Univariatebibliometric indicators were calculated and networks of co-authorship, collaboration between countries and co-occurrence of keywords were represented to identify the main research topics in the region. The main results identified the main topics that respond to the information-user-technology triad in this region. The UC3M and the UPV contributed a greater amount of scientific production evidenced in the increases in the rate of variation by years. The UC3M has a greater representation of authors in the top 20 and the UPV leads in the visibility and scientific impact indicators. The University of Granada has a significant presence in the co-authorship of the main producers associated with issues of Bibliometry and Science Assessment and does not belong to the movement. Greater national collaboration and the participation of countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Cuba were identified.
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