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Bibliometric Analysis And Research Trends Of A Journal: Magazine Of Civil Engineering, Daniel Aristizabal, Angy Juliet Lara, Valentina Payares, Alejandro Alzate

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Magazine of Civil Engineering (MCE) is an open access scientific journal in the field of civil engineering and construction. Motivated by its more than a thousand articles published since 2008, this study aims to develop a bibliometric analysis based on the historical consolidation of publications and subject areas to identify research trends, authors, countries, and institutions with more publications. For this purpose, the Scopus database and the journal's homepage were consulted to identify the number of published issues and articles and other bibliometric indicators of interest, using open-source tools such as Bibliometrix and VOSviewer. The mapping of the scientific production …