Latin American Scientific Production on Educational Technology in Scopus, 2010-2019

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Ronald M. Hernndez, Juan Jos Flores-Cueto, Rafael Garay-Argandoa, Renzo Felipe Carranza Esteban, Oscar Mamani- Benito, Josu Edison Turpo Chaparro, Michael White

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The study describes the characteristics of publications on educational technology written by authors with affiliation to Latin American institutions, in journals indexed to Scopus during the period 2010-2019. A descriptive and retrospective analysis of 2,165 articles is performed. Latin American scientific production represents 4.9% of world production. Brazil is the country with the highest production, followed by Mexico and Colombia. A large percentage of articles have been published by Ceur Workshop Proceedings (United States) as conference proceedings, followed by journals such as Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Germany) and Turkish Online Journal Of Educational Technology (Turkey). Furthermore, 8.5% of the authors are mainly affiliated with the University of S Paulo - USP, followed by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (3.6%) and the Federal University of Cear(3.0%). Finally, E-Learning is the study variable that is most researched, regarding educational technology with 20.9%. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen and stimulate the generation and dissemination of scientific studies by Latin American researchers.

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