Universum After 32 Years of Its Foundation: Bibliometric and Relational Analysis

Abstract

In the following paper, a bibliometric and relational analysis had been was carried out on the Universum journal from its date of foundation (1986) to the present (2017). A database had been was prepared with all the publications of the journal (47 issues in 32 years), with a total sample of 765 publications. Bibliometric, collaborative indicators (Subramanyam, Lawani and, coefficient of collaboration) we had been applied, relationships were analyzed, both at the level of countries and Chilean institutions, as well as the participation by sex in the different years. The results show that the largest number of documents are produced by only one author (84 %), and led mainly by male authors (71.3 %). We can see a balance in the number of authors both male and female in the years 2000-2002. The country with the highest production within the journal is Chile, while the institutions that contribute the most and generate collaboration links are the University of Talca, University of Santiago de Chile and the University of Chile. This analysis allows representing the history and tendency of the journal at the level of authors and authors relationships.