Social sciences books in the Chilean publishing industry Characterization of their development between 2010-2021

Abstract

This article presents a characterization of the registration of social science books in the Chilean publishing industry between 2010-2021, in the context of an increase in registrations of books on these subjects in the last decade according to ISBN Chile and the predominance of the academic paper format within these disciplines. For this purpose, a descriptive statistical analysis of the book registration data by ISBN Chile by the Chilean Book Chamber of those titles classified thematically as sociology, anthropology, political science and other classifications was carried out, taking into account the amount of publications per year, publishing house, place of publication, authorship, among others. The results obtained highlight a growing and relatively sustained cycle of production of social science books in Chile, with a diversity of publishing actors participating in the industry. Weaknesses, such as a high concentration of records in one region and a high percentage of actors who published only one title were noted.