Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) in Latin America from a bibliometric perspective: looking back to plan ahead

This work provides a bibliometric perspective of the academic production about VISIR in Latin America. For this purpose, papers, articles and chapters provided by the VISIR research teams' representatives in the region are compiled. They are then analyzed according to the following variables: type of production (published and unpublished paper, article, chapter and book); year of publication/presentation; language; institutions of affiliation of the authors; interinstitutional composition of the group of authors; international composition of the group of authors; and place of dissemination. In this way, the aim is to map the academic production with respect to areas and institutions and consider its impact from language and means of dissemination. The conclusions can be summarized in two ideas: 1) the great boost provided by the VISIR+ Project for academic production and 2) the capacities installed in the region, which keep productivity despite the finalization of the aforementioned project.