Social Sciences in Repression Contexts: CIEPLAN Scientific Production in Chile

This is a bibliometric analysis of the Corporación de Estudios para Latinoamérica (CIEPLAN in Spanish) scientific production. This was the most important think tank during the dictatorship and democratisation in Chile. The analysis is carried out based on bibliographic entries (n = 145), references (n = 4.055), and biographical information of the authors, from 1979 to 1989. Three dimensions are analysed: scientific production and topics; collaboration and co-authorship; and citation. We use descriptive statistics, topic modeling and Social Network Analysis (SNA). The results reveal a constant trend in the scientific production and classic topics of economy associated to inequality and political issues. Moreover, the collaboration and citation analyses disclose that there is a community composed of recognised academics and members of the Chilean political elite who were central in the intellectual production and the citation network.

本项研究为拉丁美洲研究协会（西班牙语中简称CIEPLAN）的科学产出进行的文献计量分析。该机构在智利独裁统治与民主化进程中，曾是最为重要的智囊团。分析基于1979年至1989年间145篇文献条目、4,055条参考文献以及作者生平信息进行。研究从三个维度展开：科学产出与主题；合作与共同作者关系；以及引用。本研究采用了描述性统计、主题建模以及社会网络分析（SNA）等方法。分析结果揭示了科学产出及其与不平等和政治问题相关的经典经济主题呈现出持续的趋势。此外，合作与引用分析还揭示了一个由知名学者及智利政治精英成员构成的社群，他们在智识生产与引用网络中扮演着核心角色。