Statistics and business growth: bibliometric analysis

Abstract

The literature was reviewed for the compilation and publication of research papers that include statistical variables and business development studies in Latin America. The bibliographic analysis presented in this paper aims to identify the main characteristics of the number of publications registered by Latin American countries in the Scopus database for the period 2016-2021, allowing to determine the total number of 40 publications. After describing these characteristics, qualitative analysis can be used to refer to the positions of different authors on the proposed topic. The information provided by the platform is categorized graphically and numerically, which categorizes the information by year of publication, country of publication, field of knowledge and type of publication. Among the main results of the research, Brazil turned out to be the most productive country in Latin America, with 10 claims. The field of knowledge that has contributed most to the construction of bibliographic materials for statistical research and business development is the social sciences, of which 13 articles have been published and the type of publications used, most in the period mentioned were articles and journals, representing 75% of the total scientific production.