The analysis of the publication of scientific articles, a fundamental link within the research process, has become the standard unit that allows for the assessment of the quality of the knowledge generation process and its impact on the scientific environment. This article aims to describe the general aspects of the relationship between bibliometric studies and decision-making. Data on scientific activities are increasingly being used to govern science. Research evaluations that were once individually designed for their specific context and conducted by peers are now routine and based on metrics. The issue is that the evaluation has shifted from being based on expert assessments to relying on these metrics. The opportunity to apply bibliometric techniques proves useful when making decisions that involve a redirection of all research-development plans and the selection of capable leaders to coordinate projects with the purpose of generating technological and financial resources.
Research requires policies that help define the lines of work and that favor the production of knowledge in areas that interest the states. E-commerce is carried out through the Internet as any transaction or exchange of commercial information based on data transmission. This manuscript aims to describe the global, regional and national trends and patterns of scientific production in E-commerce in Scopus. We applied a descriptive bibliometric method (cross-sectional descriptive observation) of the scientific production on E-commerce indexed in the Scopus database from 2011 to 2020. The universe consisted of 20667 documents. A sustained increase in scientific production was evidenced after 2015. The conference and original articles stood out regarding the number of documents. The most cited documents were review articles, books, and original articles. Statistically significant correlations were found between the analyzed productivity and impact indicators. After 2018, more works on e-commerce were published; but more citations of works published before this year were generated. That is, there is an expansion of E-commerce and, in turn, a decrease in the pattern of literature consumption. Most of the articles on e-commerce were contributed by Chinese authors, followed by those from the United States and India.
The analysis of the publication of scientific articles, a fundamental link within the research process, has become the standard unit that allows for the assessment of the quality of the knowledge generation process and its impact on the scientific environment. This article aims to describe the general aspects of the relationship between bibliometric studies and decision-making. Data on scientific activities are increasingly being used to govern science. Research evaluations that were once individually designed for their specific context and conducted by peers are now routine and based on metrics. The issue is that the evaluation has shifted from being based on expert assessments to relying on these metrics. The opportunity to apply bibliometric techniques proves useful when making decisions that involve a redirection of all research-development plans and the selection of capable leaders to coordinate projects with the purpose of generating technological and financial resources.
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