The 15 years of Revista Latinoamericana de Poblacion from a bibliometric perspective

In the context of the 15th anniversary of the Revista Latinoamericana de Poblacion (RELAP), we analyze basic information on its articles and authors with the aim of showing the evolution of the Latin American demographic research agenda based on the scientific production published in one of the most important journals in the region. We found that, in the early years of the journal, there was an emphasis on research on families and migration, while in recent years, studies on mortality and health have gained in importance. In general, there is a thematic diversity of the published work; but there are significant gaps in the distribution of articles by country of first author and country of study. At the same time, there is evidence of parity according to the sex of the first author and of an increasing incidence of publications with more than two authors.