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The international publication productivity of Latin American countries in the economics and business administration fields

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The present study compares the international publication productivityof Latin American countries in the fields of business administration and economicsfrom 1995 to 1999. Only four countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, andMexico – have a substantial research production in these areas. Amongthese countries, Chile showed the most favorable results according to variousindicators of publication productivity.

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Koljatic, M.M., Silva, M.R. The international publication productivity of Latin American countries in the economics and business administration fields. Scientometrics 51, 381–394 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012753601797

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