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Production of scientific journals in Latin America and the Caribbean in Scopus, Journal Citations Reports and Latindex, in the field of natural resources: Relationship with variables related to economy, environment and investment in research

Abstract:

The objective of this study is characterize the Latin American journals indexed in Scopus, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and Latindex within the field of natural resources, and explain the observed differences between countries through economical, environmental, and research investment variables. As a result, we found that the number of Latin American journals indexed in Scopus and JCR has increased considerably during the last decade, although these journals have a low impact factor. The fact that a country has journals indexed in Scopus, and a greater number of journals in Latindex, is associated with economic variables and investment in research, and not with the richness in natural resources of each country.