Evaluación estadística en el número de publicaciones y citaciones en el área de Artes y Humanidades en Latinoamérica, entre 1996-2018

Abstract

The classification of scientific journals is of vital interest for the academic community. The aim of this article is to compare the number of publications and citations in Arts and Humanities, in their different areas of knowledge, in Latin American countries according to the report by Scimago Journal and Country Rank, between 1996 and 2018. In the study several statistical techniques were used: cluster analysis, main components and MANOVA. As a result, differences between countries were detected in relation to the number of publications and citations, where Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Colombia are the ones with the highest academic production, while Suriname, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Paraguay have the lowest. It is concluded that there is a large gap between the nations of Latin America on statistics associated with publications in the area under study.