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The present study focuses on the research communities that have been working on various aspects of the access to drinking water in Mexico City. We analyze their academic production published in mainstream journals during the 2004–2018 period. We implemented a bibliometric analysis of the co-authorship network on this subject in order to identify these research communities. We found that only 33% of the scholars researching this problem are affiliated to the National System of Researchers. The research production of these scholars is more visible and has a higher impact in international journals than in local journals. Our results indicate that the research production on the access to drinking water in Mexico City is just a small fraction (8%) of the whole Mexican production on this subject. Most of the respective research networks involve scholars from local institutions, mainly the National University of Mexico (UNAM). There are very few international collaborations and the most frequent collaboration involves scholars from UNAM and France. Our analysis also shows a positive trend in the production and impact of the research groups involved in this area of knowledge. However, we found that they have a minimum impact in advancing possible solutions to the problem associated with the access to drinking water in Mexico City.
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Appendix: List of acronyms and co-authors
Appendix: List of acronyms and co-authors
Acronym | Name | Nombre | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Civil asociations | |||
IU | Urban Island | Isla Urbana | Mexico |
TTWCWM | The Third World Center for Water Management | El Centro del Tercer Mundo para la Gestión del Agua | Mexico |
Government institutions | |||
CEAAH | State Commission of Water and sewerage of Hidalgo | Comisión Estatal de Agua y Alcantarillado del Estado de Hidalgo | Mexico |
CONAGUA | National Water Commission | Comisión Nacional del Agua | Mexico |
INSP | National Public Health Institute | Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica | Mexico |
PEMEX | National Oil | Petróleos Mexicanos | Mexico |
SACMEX | CDMX Water System | Sistema de Aguas de la CDMX | Mexico |
Private sector | |||
CAE | Environmental and Statistical Consulting | Consultoría Ambiental y Estadística | Mexico |
COMESA | Mexican Company of Explorations | Compañía Mexicana de Exploraciones | Mexico |
IC | Independent Consultor | Consultor Independiente | USA |
LA | Lesser and Company | Lesser y Asociados | Mexico |
TUBESA | TUBESA | TUBESA | Mexico |
Research centers and universities | |||
ASU | Arizona State University | Universidad Estatal de Arizona | USA |
CENSA | National Center of Agricultural Sanity of Cuba | Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agrícola de Cuba | Cuba |
CENTRUM | CENTRUM Catholic Graduate Business School | CENTRUM Escuela Católica Universitaria de Negocios | Peru |
CESOP | Center for Social Studies and Public Opinion | Centro de Estudios Sociales y de Opinión Publica | Mexico |
CIESAS | Center for Research and Higher Education in Social Anthropology | Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social | Mexico |
Cinvestav | Center for Research and Advanced Studies | Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados del IPN | Mexico |
COLMEX | College of Mexico | El Colegio de México | Mexico |
COLPOS | College of Postgraduates | Colegio de Postgraduados | Mexico |
IMora | Research Institute Dr. José Maria Luis Mora | Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora | Mexico |
IMTA | Mexican Institute of Water Technology | Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del agua | Mexico |
INCMNSZ | National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran | Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán | Mexico |
INPRF | National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente | Mexico |
IPN | National Polytechnic Institute | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Mexico |
IRDUG | Research Institute for Development University Grenoble | Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Universidad Grenoble | France |
ITESM | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education | Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey | Mexico |
KIT | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Instituto de Tecnología Karlsruhe | Germany |
UA | Alicante University | Universidad de Alicante | Spain |
UACh | Chapingo Autonomous University | Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo | Mexico |
UAEM | State of Mexico Autonomous University | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México | Mexico |
UAM | Metropolitan Autonomous University | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana | Mexico |
UAnahuac | Anahuac University Mexico | Universidad Anáhuac México | Mexico |
UArizona | University of Arizona | Universidad de Arizona | USA |
UASLP | San Luis Potosi Autonomous University | Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí | Mexico |
UDG | University of Guadalajara | Universidad de Guadalajara | Mexico |
UE | University of Essex | Universidad de Essex | UK |
UIA | Iberoamerican University | Universidad Iberoamericana | Mexico |
UMCF | University Medical Center Freiburg | Universidad Centro Médico Freiburg | Germany |
UMSA | Higher University of San Andres | Universidad Mayor de San Andrés | Bolivia |
UNAM | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico |
UoA | The University of Auckland | La Universidad de Auckland | New Zealand |
UPS | University Paul Sabbatier | Universidad Paul Sabbatier | France |
UQAM | University of Quebec in Montreal | Universidad de Quebec en Montreal | Canada |
UWA | University of Western Australia | Universidad de Australia Occidental | Australia |
List of co-authors present in 2 documents or more
Key | Name | Doc. qty. | Institution | Key | Name | Doc. qty. | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mazari, M. | 8 | UNAM | 30 | Gaytán, M.L. | 2 | UNAM |
2 | Jiménez, B.E. | 6 | UNAM | 31 | Gonzalez, F.J. | 2 | UNAM |
3 | Gutiérrez, R. | 5 | UAM | 32 | Gonzalez, J.A. | 2 | IPN |
4 | Vega, S. | 5 | UAM | 33 | Helguera, A.C. | 2 | IPN |
5 | IMTA | 4 | IMTA | 34 | Hernandez, J.C. | 2 | UNAM |
6 | Lopez, Y. | 4 | UNAM | 35 | Jiménez, M.D. | 2 | UNAM |
7 | Ortiz, R. | 4 | UAM | 36 | Lartigue, C.C. | 2 | UNAM |
8 | Schettino, B. | 4 | UAM | 37 | Ledesma, C. | 2 | UNAM |
9 | Almeida, L.O. | 3 | UNAM | 38 | Mancilla, O.R. | 2 | UDG/COLPOS |
10 | Diaz, C. | 3 | UNAM | 39 | Maranion, B.W. | 2 | TTWCWM |
11 | Duwig, C. | 3 | IRDUG | 40 | Martinez, V.M. | 2 | UNAM |
12 | Espinosa, A.C. | 3 | UNAM | 41 | Merino, M. | 2 | UNAM |
13 | Fernández, E. | 3 | IPN | 42 | Morales, J.A. | 2 | UAM |
14 | Jujnovsky, J. | 3 | UNAM | 43 | Orta, M.T. | 2 | UNAM |
15 | Prado, B.L. | 3 | UNAM | 44 | Pinia, M. | 2 | IMTA |
16 | Armienta, M.A. | 2 | UNAM | 45 | Ponce, S. | 2 | INCMNSZ |
17 | Arteaga, R. | 2 | UACh | 46 | Ramirez, C. | 2 | UDG/COLPOS |
18 | Bautista, A.L. | 2 | UACh/COLPOS | 47 | Ramirez, P. | 2 | UNAM |
19 | Cantoral, E.A. | 2 | UNAM | 48 | Revollo, D.A. | 2 | UAM |
20 | Castillo, G. | 2 | UNAM | 49 | Rivera, S. | 2 | IPN |
21 | Cerna, J.F. | 2 | IPN | 50 | Rodriguez, L. | 2 | UAM |
22 | Chávez, A. | 2 | UNAM | 51 | Silva, J.A. | 2 | IPN |
23 | Cifuentes, E. | 2 | INSP | 52 | Solano, R. | 2 | UNAM |
24 | Diaz, G. | 2 | UAM | 53 | Tapia, M.A. | 2 | UNAM |
25 | Duran, J.C. | 2 | UNAM | 54 | Tovar, J.L. | 2 | UACh/COLPOS |
26 | Escolero, O.A. | 2 | UNAM | 55 | Tzatchkov, G. | 2 | IMTA |
27 | Estrada, M.T. | 2 | Cinvestav | 56 | Vázquez, M. | 2 | UACh |
28 | Etchevers, J.D. | 2 | COLPOS | 57 | Yanez, I. | 2 | UNAM |
29 | Flores, H. | 2 | UACh/COLPOS |
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Tapia-Pacheco, D., Villa-Vázquez, L.L. & Pérez-Angón, M.Á. Research networks on the access of drinking water in Mexico City (2004–2018). Scientometrics 126, 2557–2573 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03569-4
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