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Participation of Mexican Civil Society Organizations in scientific publications

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We present a bibliometric study, from the perspective of the mode 2 knowledge production, from a transdisciplinary point of view (Gibbons et al. in The new production of knowledge: the dynamics of science and research in contemporary societies, Sage, London, 1994), offering empirical evidence by means of a detailed approach to identify, record and characterize the participation of Mexican Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in scientific articles. Our findings show that this sector has been growing over the past decade along with its participation in the scientific sphere. This shows a differentiated pattern from the habitual patterns of scientific publications by Mexican researchers (ACM in Atlas de la Ciencia Mexicana, http://atlasdelacienciamexicana.org, 2014; Gonzalez-Brambila et al. in PLoS One 11(3):e0151328, 2016; Rodriguez et al. in Investigacion Bibliotecologica 2017:187–219, 2017; Lopez-Olmedo et al. in Scientometrics 112(3):1343–1366, 2017). CSO publications show a greater participation in foreign co-authoring, a broad diversification of the actors involved, a complex framework of relationships, and an overwhelming tendency toward social issues such as healthcare and environment-ecology. Based on our findings, it is concluded that the increment in their participation by them, as secondary effect, is related to the implementation of public policies that encourages the activities carried out by this sector since 2004, even though, its goal was not to encourage specifically the participation of CSO in research processes.

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UNAM; Program of Postdoctoral Fellowships at the UNAM, as sizar of the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research. Advisors: Ph.D. Norma G. Gutiérrez Serrano. Ph.D. Roberto López Olmedo. We thanks CONACyT (Mexico) for financial support.

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  1. UNAM. Programa de Becas Posdoctorales en la UNAM, Becario del Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias, asesorado por la doctora Norma G. Gutiérrez Serrano, UNAM. CRIM., Av. Universidad, Circuito 2, Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, Mexico

    Roberto Lopez-Olmedo

  2. Physics Department, CINVESTAV - IPN, Zacatenco, CDMX, Mexico

    Miguel Angel Perez-Angon

  3. UNAM CRIM, Av. Universidad s/n, Circuito 2, Colonia Chamilpa, C.P. 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Norma Georgina Gutiérrez-Serrano

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Abbreviations

Abbreviations

 

English

 

Spanish

Abbreviation

Descripción

Abbreviation

Description

 

Atlas of Mexican Science

ACM

Atlas de la Ciencia Mexicana

 

Mexico City

CDMX

Ciudad de México

 

Center for Research and Advanced Studies

CINVESTAV

Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN

 

Unique Registry Code for FRCSO

CLUNI

Clave Única de Inscripción del RFOSC

 

National Council of Science and Technology

CONACyT

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

 

Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research

CRIM

Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias

 

National Institute of Social Development

INDESOL

Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Social

 

National Polytechnic Institute

IPN

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

FLPACCSO

Federal Law for the Promotion of the Activities Conducted by Civil Society Organizations

LFFAROSC

Ley Federal de Fomento a las Actividades Realizadas por Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil

CSOs

Civil Society Organizations

OSCs

Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil

PIFM

Program for the Improvement of Faculty Members

PRODEP

Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente

FRCSO

Federal Registry of CSOs

RFOSC

Registro Federal de las OSCs

 

Secretary of Social Development

SEDESOL

Secretaria de Desarrollo Social

NSR

National System of Researchers

SNI

Sistema Nacional de Investigadores

 

National Autonomous University of Mexico

UNAM

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

WoS

Web of Science - Data bases

WoS

 
 

Mexican Social Security Institute

IMSS

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

 

National Autonomous University of Nuevo León

UANL

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nuevo León

 

Mexican Foundation for Health

FUNSALUD

Fundación Mexicana para la Salud

 

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

CIMMYT

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo

 

College of the Southern Border

ECOSUR

Colegio de la Frontera Sur

 

National Institute of Public Healt

INSP

Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica

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Lopez-Olmedo, R., Perez-Angon, M.A. & Gutiérrez-Serrano, N.G. Participation of Mexican Civil Society Organizations in scientific publications. Scientometrics 119, 55–72 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03027-w

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