Educational research in Mexico: socio-demographic and visibility issues

Socio-demographic and bibliometric techniques were used to investigate fact ors which are associated with the visibility of Mexican educational researc hers accredited as national researchers by the National Researchers System (SNI). The SNI CD-Rom was used to analyse their socio-demographic data. We also searched major educational databases: British Education Index, Canadia n Education Index, ERIC, Arts & Humanities Search and Social SCISearch in o rder to determine researchers' performance in terms of their visibility. Th e results showed not only the researchers' impact, but also the areas of ed ucational research carried out in Mexico. Socio-demographic characteristics were identified.