e-Ciencias de la Información

Scientific production of Cuban researchers in specialized Tourism Journals

Félix Díaz-Pompa — 2025-01-29

The study of tourism and hospitality from the perspective of scientific research shows a growing interest among researchers at the international level, resulting in an increase in the quantity of scientific publications in this field. The research aims to analyze the scientific production behavior of Cuban authors in specialized tourism journals during the period 2016-2020. A descriptive bibliometric study was conducted to measure scientific production using indicators for the evaluation of scientific activity, employing computer tools to visualize the results. A total of 34 contributions were retrieved from specialized tourism journals in the WoS, Scopus and Scielo databases. The study also identified the quantity of manuscripts per journal and per institution, the impact of research by authors, and the main thematic lines addressed. The conclusions drawn from the analyzed sample confirm the leading role of Cuban universities. The predominance of the Spanish language in publications and the insufficient number of Cuban scientific journals in the research field limit the dissemination of research by national researchers.

The narrative review article: level of evidence and validity scientific. Semi-systematic review

Fidias Arias-Odón — 2025-01-29

In this work, the narrative or traditional review article is analyzed as an important and valuable source of information for scientific research, both in natural sciences and social sciences. In this sense, questions were raised regarding its essential characteristics, its difference with another review modality, specifically, the systematic review, and with another very different genre such as the essay. In addition, questions are asked about the level of evidence and scientific validity of the narrative review. The method used to answer the questions posed was the semi-systematic review with a qualitative approach. The most significant result reveals the validity and importance of the narrative review as a complement to other types of review, given its usefulness in the compilation of dispersed information, its integrated and summarized presentation, and its contribution to the detection of knowledge gaps for research. It is concluded that the degree of evidence and scientific validity of the narrative review article is determined by the branch of science in which it is developed, as well as by the research paradigm and approach assumed.

Behavioral patterns of research on innovation in Cuba in the Web of Science 2010-2022

Yudayly Stable-Rodríguez — 2025-05-07

The behavior of innovation, which affects the productive structures of countries, has become an essential element for the development of scientific policies, aimed at its integral development in relation to society. In this sense, the behavioral patterns of research on innovation in Cuba, registered in the Web of Science, are evaluated based on the use of bibliometric indicators of production, collaboration and impact, and the contribution of this research to the Sustainable Development Objectives, in the period 2010 until 2022. The results showed an average annual growth rate of 36.6% in mainly national journals, with a co-authorship rate of 3.14 authors per document, indicating little association in contributions. The most important terms are related to evaluation and participation in innovation processes. The results contribute to the management of the country's science, technology and innovation policy, and can be input for the generation of new knowledge.

Bibliometric analysis of the publications of Geophysical Institute of Peru: production, collaboration, impact and scientific leadership

Joselyn Lopez-Ramirez — 2025-01-22

Bibliometrics, a key discipline within information sciences, allows to diagnose and evaluate the results of scientific research. In this context, the present study analyzes the scientific production of the Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP) indexed in Scopus during the period 1961-2021. Output, collaboration, impact and leadership indicators were used, in addition to evaluating the fit of Lotka's Law to the data through the generalized inverse power model. The analysis reveals that the IGP has published 624 documents, evidencing an increasing pattern in its production volume. The percentage of international collaboration predominates (82.7%), as well as publications in quartile 1 journals (71.9%) and the percentage of documents without institutional leadership (67%). Using the generalized inverse power model, it is verified that Lotka's law does not fit the data of the IGP's scientific literature. By integrating various bibliometric indicators, this study constitutes a strategic tool for research management, offering valuable input for decision-making. Finally, recommendations for researchers, managers and decision-makers are presented, as well as proposals for future lines of research aimed at institutional strengthening.

Archives, decoloniality and new theoretical turns in Latin America

Sebastián Alejandro Marín Agudelo — 2025-01-01

The article reviews some works referring to subaltern archives, that is, those of ethnic, indigenous and Afro-descendant groups, as well as those related to gender, such as women, LGBTQ+ communities, peasants, affective, spatial, corporeal, visual and sound archives, among others, inserted in a decolonial logic or that emphasize some of the new contemporary theoretical discourses in the social sciences, arts and humanities in Latin America. It is an approach to a state of the question, which systematizes some of the possibilities and areas in which these new approaches to study are taking place, beyond the disciplinary narratives of archival science, which since the end of the 20th century has been rethinking its postulates and objectives, in terms of the recognition of new producers of documents and political subjects and the forms of recording information and subjectivity of memory.

Towards a context-flexible methodology for automated reviewer recommendation

Guillermo Omar Decoppet — 2025-05-07

This essay proposes the adoption of a cultural socio-technical perspective for the development of an automated methodology for recommending reviewers in publications in the field of Science and Technology. The objective is to argue about the main guidelines to be considered so that such a methodology is flexible and dynamically adapts to the specific requirements of an Editorial Board (EB), in line with its policies and practices for selecting evaluators. Starting from a systematic and updated mapping of research on automatic recommendation of reviewers, and based on the theoretical framework of the Dynamic Intermedial Device, a study was carried out focusing on a scientific publication in Education Sciences from a research institute in Argentina. As part of the analysis, a survey was designed for members with experience in EB, which allowed obtaining key information. The results underline the importance of the EB establishing consensus to define the inclusion of various factors and their configuration parameters, which gives flexibility to the methodology. It is also highlighted that socio-technical participation is essential to ensure that an IT innovation responds adaptively to different contexts through the weighted inclusion of multiple factors, using advanced natural language processing techniques.