<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1665-5044</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de neurociencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. neurocienc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-5044</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Neurología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1665-50442022000200044</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/rmn.21000034</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Contributions of Latin America to scientific research in neuroscience and psychology]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Contribuciones de América Latina en investigación en el campo de las neurociencias y la psicología]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Galvez-Contreras]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alma Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán-Muñiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moy-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Norma A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gonzalez-Perez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oscar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara University Center for Health Science Neuroscience&#8217;s Department]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Colima Neuroscience&#8217;s Laboratory Psychology School]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Colima ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>44</fpage>
<lpage>50</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-50442022000200044&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-50442022000200044&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-50442022000200044&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: In Latin America, research in neuroscience and psychology has had a continuous development; however, the magnitude of this development and its impact on the comparison to other regions or countries has not been well studied.  Objective: The objective of the study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis of scientific productivity in neuroscience and psychology in Latin America.  Methods: We consulted the Scimago Journal and Country Rank database to obtain the classification of the Latin American countries in these knowledge disciplines, during the period from 2015 to 2020.  Results: We found 32 Latin American countries with citable documents in these disciplines. Notably, 90% of Latin American scientific productivity is concentrated in five countries: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, with Brazil being the leading country in all cases.  Conclusions: Research in neuroscience and psychology in Latin America has had a sustained and moderate growth. However, it is highly circumscribed in these five countries.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes: En América Latina, la investigación en neurociencias y psicología ha tenido un desarrollo continuo; sin embargo, hasta el momento la magnitud de dicho desarrollo y su impacto en comparación a otras regiones o países no ha sido bien estudiada.  Objetivo: Realizar un análisis bibliométrico de la productividad científica en neurociencias y psicología en Latinoamérica.  Material y métodos: Se consultó la base de datos Scimago Journal and Country Rank para obtener la clasificación de los países de Latinoamérica en estas disciplinas del conocimiento, durante el periodo comprendido del 2015 a 2020.  Resultados: Encontramos 32 países latinoamericanos con documentos citables en estas disciplinas. Notablemente, el 90% de la productividad científica latinoamericana está concentrada en cinco países: Brasil, México, Argentina, Chile y Colombia, siendo Brasil el país líder en todos casos.  Conclusión: La investigación en neurociencias y psicología en América Latina ha tenido un crecimiento sostenido y moderado, pero ésta se encuentra muy circunscrita a estos cinco países.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Citations]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[H-index]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bibliometric indicators]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Latin America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Neuroscience]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Citaciones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Índice h]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Indicadores bibliométricos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[América Latina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Neurociencias]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<label>1</label><nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shriver]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AJ]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The role of neuroscience in precise, precautionary, and probabilistic accounts of sentience]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Johnson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LS]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fenton]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shriver]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals, Advances in Neuroethics]]></source>
<year>2020</year>
<page-range>221-33</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Switzerland ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Springer Nature Switzerland AG]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<label>2</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vera-Villarroel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LM]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[La producción científica en psicología latinoamericana:un análisis de la investigación por países]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Rev Latinoam Psicol]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>43</volume>
<page-range>95-104</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B3">
<label>3</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valderrama-Zurián]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JC]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castelló-Cogollos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aleixandre-Benavent]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Trends in scientific research in Insights into Imaging:a bibliometric review]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Insights Imaging]]></source>
<year>2019</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<page-range>79</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B4">
<label>4</label><nlm-citation citation-type="">
<collab>SCImago</collab>
<source><![CDATA[SJR-SCImago Journal and Country Rank]]></source>
<year></year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B5">
<label>5</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abraham]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[National culture as a correlate of research output and impact [version 3;peer review:2 approved with reservations]]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[F1000Res]]></source>
<year>2019</year>
<volume>8</volume>
<page-range>1-22</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B6">
<label>6</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hirsch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[PNAS]]></source>
<year>2005</year>
<volume>102</volume>
<page-range>16569-72</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B7">
<label>7</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pinheiro-Machado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de Oliveira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[PL]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The Brazilian investment in science and technology]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Braz J Med Biol Res]]></source>
<year>2001</year>
<volume>34</volume>
<page-range>1521-30</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B8">
<label>8</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Escobar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Brazilian scientists lament &#8220;freeze&#8221;on research budget]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Science]]></source>
<year>2019</year>
<volume>364</volume>
<page-range>111</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B9">
<label>9</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[McManus]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Baeta Neves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AA]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maranhão]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AQ]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Souza Filho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AG]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JM]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[International collaboration in Brazilian science:financing and impact]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Scientometrics]]></source>
<year>2020</year>
<volume>125</volume>
<page-range>2745-72</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B10">
<label>10</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Enríquez Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Á]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castañeda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[ZD]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Estado actual de la investigación en psicología organizacional y del trabajo en Colombia]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Acta Colomb Psicol]]></source>
<year>2006</year>
<volume>9</volume>
<page-range>77-86</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B11">
<label>11</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Robayo-Castro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rico]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JL]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hurtado-Parrado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LA]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Impacto y calidad de la productividad académica de los investigadores en Colombia en neurociencia comportamental utilizando modelos animales]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Univ Psychol]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>15</volume>
<page-range>15</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B12">
<label>12</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ioannidis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JP]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Klavans]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Boyack]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[KW]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Multiple citation indicators and their composite across scientific disciplines]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[PLoS Biol]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>14</volume>
<page-range>1-17</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B13">
<label>13</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fargen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[RM]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Bibliometric indices:defining academic productivity and citation rates of researchers, departments and journals]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[BMJ J]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<page-range>102-6</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B14">
<label>14</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Buela-Casal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Evaluación de la calidad de los artículos y de las revistas científicas:propuesta del factor de impacto ponderado y de un índice de calidad]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Psicothema]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<volume>15</volume>
<page-range>23-35</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B15">
<label>15</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bornman Lutz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[DH]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The state of h index research]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[EMBO Rep]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<page-range>2-6</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B16">
<label>16</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hirsch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JE]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Does the h index have predictive power?]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<volume>104</volume>
<page-range>19193-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B17">
<label>17</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gallegos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Berra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[WL]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Las nuevas dinámicas del conocimiento científico y su impacto en la psicología latinoamericana]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Psicoperspectivas]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<volume>13</volume>
<page-range>106-17</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B18">
<label>18</label><nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ezequiel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Evaluación del impacto social de la investigación en Psicologia. Datos preliminares]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Evaluación Del Impacto Social de la Investigación en Psicología Datos Preliminares III Congreso Internacional de Investigación y Práctica Profesional en Psicología XVIII Jornadas de Investigación Séptimo Encuentro de Investigadores en Psicología del MER]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<page-range>387</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Buenos Aires, Argentina ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Buenos Aires]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B19">
<label>19</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dorta Contreras]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AJ]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arencibia Jorge]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[MartíLahera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Araújo Ruiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JA]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Indicadores basados en análisis de citas para la caracterización de las neurociencias cubanas]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Acimed]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>18</volume>
<page-range>1-21</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B20">
<label>20</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[McManus]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[CM]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Baeta Neves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AA]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maranhão]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AQ]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Brazilian publication profiles:where and how Brazilian authors publish]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ann Acad Bras Cienc]]></source>
<year>2020</year>
<volume>92</volume>
<page-range>1-22</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B21">
<label>21</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hossain]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[NM]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Current status of global research on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19):a bibliometric analysis and knowledge mapping]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[F100Res]]></source>
<year>2020</year>
<volume>9</volume>
<page-range>374</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
