Latin America is an emerging region worldwide in multiple aspects and scientific production could not be the exception. For this reason, the objective of this study was to describe the evaluation of scientific production in South America, using Scimago data. The methodology was a retrospective and descriptive bibliometric study, which was enriched with a systematic review of the literature. It was necessary to access academic information in Latindex, SciELO and Scopus databases, and official web pages were consulted to obtain reliable data such as the number of journals and investment trends in the countries. The results showed a significant growth in scientific production in the region, reflected in the increase in the number of publications and the diversification of research areas. This growth is particularly notable in countries such as Brazil, Chile and Argentina, which have substantially increased their scientific contributions in recent years. The research concludes that, in the region, the country with the highest number of publications is Brazil, followed by Chile and Argentina. There is also evidence of a worrying lack of publications in Paraguay, Guyana and Suriname. In addition, there is a close relationship between the Gross Domestic Product invested to promote Research and Development (R&D); Brazil is the country with the highest investment, as shown in the data obtained.
