We perform a bibliometric analysis of the research production and impact of Mexican scholars involved in the area of metric studies of science and technology in the period 1971–2018. In order to get a strong data sample, we used a bibliometric search that includes all databases that register mainstream, local and regional journals. Our search query included 46 different features that identify properly the area of metric studies in science and technology (bibliometry, scientometry, informetry, webmetrics and altmetrics). We applied this search in both English and Spanish. Since this area of knowledge has been cultivated rather recently in Mexico, our general aim is to characterize the possible effect of local and international collaboration on the research production of Mexican scholars working in this field. Our results indicate that this production is carried out mainly in local collaborations (75.3%) and most of this production involves scholars from the same Mexican institution (30%). A scarce fraction involves collaborations with scholars from Latin American (LA) institutions (7.7%) and with institutions beyond LA (17%). Accordingly, most of this production is published in local or regional journals in Spanish. Our conclusion indicates thus that international collaboration has little influence in the Mexican research in the field of metric studies a fact that it is not shared by other areas of knowledge in Mexico. We will pursue in future work the performance of faculty members associated to local graduate programs in this area of knowledge. We feel that an improvement in the research activity of these scholars may enhance substantially the research production in the area of metric studies.

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科学技术度量研究领域国际合作的影响：以墨西哥为例（1971-2018）

我们对 1971 年至 2018 年期间参与科学技术度量研究领域的墨西哥学者的研究成果和影响进行了文献计量分析。为了获得强大的数据样本，我们使用了文献计量搜索，其中包括所有注册主流、本地和区域期刊的数据库。我们的搜索查询包括 46 个不同的特征，可以正确识别科学和技术中的度量研究领域（文献计量学、科学计量学、信息计量学、网络计量学和替代计量学）。我们在英语和西班牙语中应用了此搜索。由于这一领域的知识是最近在墨西哥培养的，我们的总体目标是描述当地和国际合作对在该领域工作的墨西哥学者的研究成果可能产生的影响。我们的结果表明，这种制作主要是在当地合作中进行的 (75.3%)，而且大部分制作都涉及来自同一墨西哥机构的学者 (30%)。很少一部分涉及与拉丁美洲 (LA) 机构 (7.7%) 和洛杉矶以外机构 (17%) 的学者合作。因此，大部分作品以西班牙语发表在当地或地区期刊上。因此，我们的结论表明，国际合作对墨西哥在度量研究领域的研究几乎没有影响，这一事实是墨西哥其他知识领域没有共享的。我们将在未来的工作中追求与当地研究生课程相关的教职员工在这一知识领域的表现。