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Mainstream engineering publishing in Latin America: The Chilean experience

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An analysis was made using databases at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia concerning the productivity in the field of engineering sciences in Chile, a developing country with a neoliberal economy which has mainstream articles related to the Latin American context. This paper also mentions policies and actions to be adopted in order to strengthen R&D activities to attain a higher scientific and technological progress.

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Zumelzu, E. Mainstream engineering publishing in Latin America: The Chilean experience. Scientometrics 40, 3–12 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459258

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