Scientific production on climate change in Peru, a bibliometric study 2001-2025

Abstract

Climate change is one of the major contemporary global challenges, with impacts on territories and societies, particularly in highly vulnerable countries like Peru. In this context, this article aims to analyze the scientific output on climate change in Peru during the period 2001–2025, through a bibliometric study designed to characterize its evolution, impact, collaboration patterns, and main predominant thematic approaches. A quantitative, descriptive, and analytical approach was adopted, based on bibliometric techniques applied to the Scopus database. The final corpus consisted of 867 scientific articles analyzed using the Bibliometrix and Biblishiny software. The results show sustained growth in scientific productivity with a marked intensification since the last decade, as well as a high level of participation in international collaboration networks. In terms of impact, a concentration of citations and h-index is observed among a small number of authors, institutions, and journals with global reach. The thematic analysis reveals a predominance of the socio-environmental approach, focusing on the Andean territory, biodiversity, deforestation, and the interactions between human and non-human dimensions. In conclusion, the findings demonstrate the consolidation of climate change as a priority research field in Peru and underscore the need to strengthen interdisciplinary studies that integrate the analysis of the built environment, territorial planning, and architecture in the face of current climate challenges.