Volume 10, Issue 1s

Editorial|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Jacqueline Leta, Kizi Araujo

Since the middle 1960s, we have witnessed a strong and continuous growth of science, technology and innovation, as a result of the expansion of investment in both human resources and infrastructure for the sector. Nevert…

Review Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Carolina Bagattolli, Tiago Brandão

Over the last decades, technological innovation became the new mantra in the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) policy arena of the most different countries, including the world peripheries. By adopting a historic…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Grant Lewison, Gareth I Owen, Henry Gomez, Eduardo Cazap, Raul Murillo, Karla Unger Saldaña, Marisa Dreyer, Audrey Tsunoda, Jorge Jimenez De La Jara

There is little available information on cancer research overall in Latin American and Caribbean countries, and on its relationship with the disease burden from cancer, which is increasing as a proportion of the total. W…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Matías Federico Milia

Setting research agendas requires a substantial allocation of resources. Non – hegemonic countries lack the means to influence global trends in knowledge production. Still, some margin is available. By selecting specific…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Cristian Brixner, Silvina Alejandra Romano, Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia

The aim of this paper is to reflect on the conceptualization of three, a priori, similar territorial innovation models: the triple helix, the regional innovation systems and Sábato’s triangle. To compare their underlying…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Carlos Bianch Bianchi, Pablo Galaso, Sergio Palomeque

This paper analyzes international collaboration networks associated with invention and patenting in Latin America between 1970 and 2017. We use data from US patent records retrieved from the Patents View platform. We sel…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Eduardo Robles-Belmont

Mobility in academic scientist training has been central in the installation and consolidation of scientific and technological systems. These human resources are fundamental for the scientific development and technology …

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Solange Maria Dos Santos, Grischa Fraumann, Simone Belli, Rogério Mugnaini

The language of scientific publications is a crucial factor when seeking to reach an international audience, because it affects linguistic accessibility and the geographical reach of research results. English is the lang…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Cecilia Tomassini, Claudia Cohanof, Sofia Robaina, Jesús P Mena-Chalco

Collaborations are an essential part of the research process. In the health area, these involve a great diversity of actors in various scientific and health subsystems. The study of collaborations has been developed most…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Thaiane Moreira De Oliveira, Germana Barata, Alejandro Uribe-Tirado

Altmetrics studies emerged ten years ago in the Global North context and after a few years spread around the world. The paper investigates who are the Latin American researchers, which topics are covered and the relation…

Research Article|Published: 1 Jun 2021

Henry Chavez, Jacqueline Gaybor

Like other Latin American countries, Ecuador has undergone major political and economic transformations in the last decade. Science, technology and innovation policies were at the core of some of these transformations. D…