Boom de ciencia en America Latina?

The number of science and engineering papers published by Latin American researchers in leading international journals grew by 200 per cent between 1988 and 2001.
Most of this development, however, occurred in four countries — Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Together they accounted for almost 90 per cent of Latin American science and engineering publications.
Brazil, which produces more science and engineering articles than any other Latin American country, saw the biggest increase — 300 per cent — in the number of publications produced by its researchers.
In terms of relative scientific productivity, however, Brazil still lags behind both Argentina and Chile, each of which produce more than 70 articles per million inhabitants, compared with 39 per million inhabitants in Brazil.
The number of times that articles by Latin American researchers were cited in later publications also increased three-fold between 1988 and 2001.
The internationalisation of Latin American science is also reflected in the increased number of collaborations between scientists there and in other parts of the world. In 1988, 29 per cent of Latin American articles had international co-authors. By 2001 this had risen to 43 per cent. In the same period, the number of countries whose researchers collaborated with Brazilians rose from 46 to 103.