LATIN-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT 1986-91 AND INTERNATIONAL CO-AUTHORSHIP PATTERNS

Results are presented of a study covering 1986-91 of the scientific ou tput of Latin American nations. The distribution of the output within the countries is shown: in most countries there is a high concentratio n in the national capital. The papers co-authored with scientists from other countries are also examined. There has been a notable rise in b oth the number and proportion of papers co-authored within the region, with the USA and Canada, and, especially, with the countries of the E uropean Community, where a programme of International Scientific Co-op eration, to promote just such links, has been active since the mid-198 0s in many Latin American countries.