BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF COLOMBIAN SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SUBJECT CATEGORY IN WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASE (1997-2009)

The work has characterized the area of Engineering, Multidisciplinary in Colombia, reviewing the work of Colombian researchers in universities and published in international journals with impact factor between 1997 and 2009, at institutional level through Web of Science database. In the context of Latin America have been published 2,195 jobs (article or review) in 83 journals, and at the level of Colombia have found 419 articles published in 23 journals. Also, the universities have been analyzed by bibliometric indicators (Weighted and Relative Impact Factor and average number of citations per document), and found all the scientific production located in 37 Universities and stressing the Universidad Nacional de Colombia for the number of documents, the University Pontificia Bolivariana appointments by the rate cites against documents, and the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia on the impact factor.