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This paper examines patterns of knowledge production in the social sciences (SS) and in the arts and humanities (A&H) in Latin America (LATAM). We report on a longitudinal analysis of 127,515 journal articles published between 2002 and 2018. The analysis reveals six major patterns: (i) a rapid growth in the production of journal articles; (ii) large differences in article production across nations; (iii) significant variations in the magnitude and the growth of articles across disciplines within the SS and the A&H; (iv) a present predominance of single-authored articles that has nevertheless been declining in favour of collaborative articles; (v) a significant variation in the magnitudes of collaborative articles with researchers outside LATAM, a collaboration that tends to be with the global North; and (vi) differences in research leadership across LATAM nations. A set of possible explanations is offered for each of these patterns, set within a dynamic global knowledge production context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Culture is a broad concept that crosses different social sciences, especially after the cultural turn of the mid-twentieth century, before that was mainly the subject of anthropology. This paper focuses on various current theoretical principals that deal with culture and sets special emphasis on the debate on information/communication. The idea is to escape from different binary oppositions and look for complex and dialectical concepts that help us establish truly interdisciplinary debates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In honor of Ethnohistory's sixtieth anniversary, this paper compiles data on the journal and analyzes patterns and trends throughout the publication. We divided observations into four categories: (1) authorship of each article, particularly focusing on gender in authorship and coauthorship, (2) the region represented in each article, (3) the topic, and (4) data sources used by the author(s). We then analyzed each category in representative ten-year intervals from 1954 to 2013. Such data reveals trends that mirror intellectual, scholarly, and demographic changes in the social sciences overall. Female authorship, for example, steadily increases until the most recent decade, while coauthorship shows steady growth in raw numbers, but still represents a varying percentage with each decade. The North American region composes the majority of regional representation since the beginning, but Latin American regional representation as well as that outside of the Americas, shows significant increases over time. Meanwhile, fluctuating topics and data sources demonstrate diversification and expanding breadth within Ethnohistory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the structure of scientific collaboration within the disciplines of the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities in Latin America between 2005 and 2015. This includes the reasons that lead specialists to work collaboratively, based on the fact that these communities adhere to the global trend towards an increasingly exogenous scientific dialogue. The analysis relies on 138,865 refereed articles by Latin American authors published in 838 journals indexed by Redalyc.org, and a survey of 515 researchers in the region. It was concluded that the trends towards and reasons for co-authoring are a result of current scientific policies, which have had an impact on the purpose of research and publications, and communication between researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This paper provides evidence about the diffusion of diaspora engagement practices and institutions as a result of formal and informal collaboration between Latin American governments. In particular, it examines how Latin American governments have developed similar practices and institutions regarding consular protection and service provision for their populations in the United States and the models they have followed. Notwithstanding the differences in capacities and motivations, the results of this research indicate that there is a convergence of practices and policies of diaspora engagement among Latin American countries driven by ideas of regional solidarity and unity and a clear reference to the Mexican model in the development of budding initiatives and partnerships in this area. The diffusion of policies in this regard has implications in terms of providing a more comprehensive understanding of the motivations behind diaspora engagement programs and the ways in which existing practices are adapted and transformed in response to the practices of other countries in a similar host country context. So far, most of this regional collaboration is based on information-sharing and participation in joint initiatives oriented towards service provision and protection of migrants' rights, with economic development back home as a relevant but secondary objective. One of the implications of this diffusion of policies with a regional focus is its effect in the socioeconomic mobility, in the group identity and in the political participation of Latinos, the largest minority group in the United States. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]