TY - JOUR
T1 - Latin American Research on Bariatric Surgery
T2 - a Bibliometric Study
AU - Toro-Huamanchumo, Carlos J.
AU - Morán-Mariños, Cristian
AU - Salazar-Alarcon, Jorge L.
AU - Barros-Sevillano, Shamir
AU - Huamanchumo-Suyon, Medalit E.
AU - Salinas-Sedo, Gustavo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - We performed a bibliometric analysis of Latin American documents published between 1984 to 2019 in Scopus-indexed journals. A total of 1856 documents were analyzed. The annual scientific production was 64 documents per year, with an annual increase rate of 15.9%. The countries with the highest scientific production on BS were Brazil (64.7%) and Chile (14.5%). Most of the publications were original (76.6%) and review articles (11.9%). The journal with the highest publication record was “Obesity Surgery” (25.8%). The extra-regional collaboration was mainly with the USA. In conclusion, Latin American scientific production on BS has shown a significant increase in recent years. However, more participation is needed, fostering intra-regional collaboration and involving universities and health institutions in BS research.
AB - We performed a bibliometric analysis of Latin American documents published between 1984 to 2019 in Scopus-indexed journals. A total of 1856 documents were analyzed. The annual scientific production was 64 documents per year, with an annual increase rate of 15.9%. The countries with the highest scientific production on BS were Brazil (64.7%) and Chile (14.5%). Most of the publications were original (76.6%) and review articles (11.9%). The journal with the highest publication record was “Obesity Surgery” (25.8%). The extra-regional collaboration was mainly with the USA. In conclusion, Latin American scientific production on BS has shown a significant increase in recent years. However, more participation is needed, fostering intra-regional collaboration and involving universities and health institutions in BS research.
KW - Bariatric surgery
KW - Bibliometrics
KW - Latin America
KW - Obesity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092732802&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/83782cfd-daec-3e67-a579-bf4e69aa153c/
U2 - 10.1007/s11695-020-05058-2
DO - 10.1007/s11695-020-05058-2
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 33078335
AN - SCOPUS:85092732802
SN - 0960-8923
VL - 31
SP - 1869
EP - 1876
JO - Obesity Surgery
JF - Obesity Surgery
IS - 4
ER -
