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Bibliometric study on SMEs according to Scopus, Period 2016-2020

Abstract:

The objective of this research is to analyze the behavior of scientific production on SMEs, given their importance for the generation of jobs from the production and distribution of goods and services, thus contributing to the economic, social and family progress of the different countries. The research consisted of a descriptive study, with a quantitative approach and a non-experimental, longitudinal and retrospective design. From a metric study carried out in the Scopus database, during the period 2016-2020, a total of 158 articles were obtained, where unidimensional bibliometric indicators of productivity were analyzed by: years, authors and keywords. Likewise, multidimensional bibliometric indicators, author collaboration and keyword co-occurrence were used using VOSviewer software and impact indicators to analyze the most cited authors and most cited articles. The results point to a decrease in scientific production per year, with the Spanish language prevailing in the publications. In conclusion, it should be noted that the research carried out contributes to determine the trends and behavior in this subject, where the research fronts that show the best collaborative relationships are three, it being significant that only in one of them the node represented by the keyword SMEs has the largest dimension, indicating that it leads this community.