Home-office in scientific output of Latin America and Caribbean: evolution and impulse in the Covid-19 pandemic ; Home-office en la producción científica de América Latina y el Caribe: evolución e impulso en la pandemia de Covid-19 ; Home-office na produção científica da América Latina e Caribe: evolução e impulso na pandemia de Covid-19: evolution and impulse in the Covid-19 pandemic

Home-office is a relevant topic in the working world and was impulsed by the Covid-19 pandemic, since it required an adaptation of work to the social distancing. This article analyzes the scientific output of Latin American and Caribbean countries on home-office in the two most recent decades. With a scientometric approach based on data from articles indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) and SciELO Citation Index (SciELO CI), it analyzes evolution of studies, regional and international journals, geographic and thematic distribution, and collaboration in papers co-authorship. The results show a developing theme, with intense growth since the Covid-19 pandemic, which combines a priority focus on local journals and languages with publication in international channels. The subject, which is more explored in Social Sciences, has low international collaboration, and is developed around central themes such as teleworking, health, education and Covid-19. It concludes that the impulse received by the subject during the Covid-19 pandemic tends to broaden and diversify the researches and discussions on home-office as a temporary, exceptional or systematic form of work in contemporary society. Keywords: Home-office. Teleworking. Scientific output. Covid-19. Latin America and Caribbean. ; Home-office es un tema relevante en el mundo laboral y fue impulsado por la pandemia de la Covid-19, que requirió la adaptación del trabajo al distanciamiento social. Este artículo analiza la producción científica de los países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre home-office en las últimas dos décadas. Con un enfoque cienciométrico, a partir de datos de artículos indexados en la Web of Science y SciELO Citation Index, analiza la evolución de los estudios, las revistas regionales e internacionales, la distribución geográfica y temática y la colaboración en la coautoría de artículos. Los resultados muestran un tema en desarrollo, con un crecimiento intenso desde la pandemia de la Covid-19, que combina un enfoque prioritario en revistas ...