The structure and infrastructure of Mexico's science and technology

• Published in: Technological forecasting & social change Vol. 72; no. 7; pp. 798 - 814
• Main Authors: Kostoff, Ronald N., Antonio del Río, J., Cortés, Héctor D., Smith, Charles, Smith, Andrew, Wagner, Caroline, Leydesdorff, Loet, Karypis, George, Malpohl, Guido, Tshiteya, Rene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01-09-2005
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Citations (References); CLUTO; Computational linguistics; Concept clustering; Core competencies; Data Banks; Data compression; Document clustering; Factor analysis; Greedy string tiling; Leximancer; Mexico; Network analysis; Research evaluation; Science and Technology; Core competencies; Factor analysis; Data compression; Document clustering; Leximancer; CLUTO; Bibliometrics; Network analysis; Concept clustering; Mexico; Computational linguistics; Research evaluation; Greedy string tiling; Science and technology
• ISSN: 0040-1625; 1873-5509
• DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2005.02.001

The structure and infrastructure of the Mexican technical literature was determined. A representative database of technical articles was extracted from the Science Citation Index for the year 2002, with each article containing at least one author with a Mexican address. Many different manual and statistical clustering methods were used to identify the structure of the technical literature (especially the science and technology core competencies). One of the pervasive technical topics identified from the clustering, thin films research, was analyzed further using bibliometrics, in order to identify the infrastructure of this technology.