Inferences about socio-economic development in Latin America through the quality of its research

Abstract

The objective of this article is to explain the socio-economic development of Latin American nations through the quality of their research, for which statistical inferences were made with multivariate analysis as a research method. The main results are the strong relationship of socio-economic development with the publications ranking in the mainstream databases; dependence on this ranking is strengthened by scientific production and citation rate. In this sense, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina are leaders in this regard, in order to have a reference for the rest of the Latin American countries, as a strategy to increase their socio-economic development

The objective of this article is to explain the socio-economic development of Latin American nations through the quality of their research, for which statistical inferences were made with multivariate analysis as a research method. The main results are the strong relationship of socio-economic development with the publications ranking in the mainstream databases; dependence on this ranking is strengthened by scientific production and citation rate. In this sense, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina are leaders in this regard, in order to have a reference for the rest of the Latin American countries, as a strategy to increase their socio-economic development

El objetivo de este artículo es explicar el desarrollo socioeconómico de las naciones latinoamericanas a través de la calidad de su investigación, para lo cual se hicieron inferencias estadísticas con análisis multivariado como método de investigación. Los principales resultados son la fuerte relación entre el desarrollo socioeconómico y las publicaciones que figuran en las principales bases de datos; la dependencia de esta clasificación se ve fortalecida por la producción científica y la tasa de citas. En este sentido, Brasil, México, Chile y Argentina son líderes en este aspecto, a fin de tener una referencia para el resto de los países latinoamericanos, como una estrategia para aumentar su desarrollo socioeconómico.