**Author details**

It has been described that in recent years, research in Social Sciences has become more international [4]. The increase of quantitative methods and the use of information technology have eased the communication and the comparison of research results with geographically distant colleagues [33]. Nevertheless, collaboration or international source quotations are not sufficient criteria to define the contents from an internationalist trend perspective. Term networks with wide thematic variety emerge in the different social disciplines in Colombia, although they clearly share common interests related to the immediate reality of the nation. They are thematic structures highly focused on the local nature issues and impact over the region, thereof topics as armed conflict between illegal forces and the Colombian State, along with the sequels associated to itself, the violation of women and children's rights, the peacebuilding, and the challenges for human and social development constitute the main themes of all the studied disciplines. **Table 8** gathers the most frequent keywords of the field in general, that is, shared by different disciplines. As described previously [30, 27], the context has a dominant role over the topics and approaches postulated in the study of Social Sciences. The social scientist places among his objectives the knowledge development capable of translating or changing the experienced reality, thereof that the thematic cores identified in Colombian Social Sciences are closely

Psychology Risk factors, Child development, Violence against women, Domestic violence, Mental health Laws Discrimination, Human rights, Armed conflict, Political constitution, Conflict resolution, Civil society, Reintegration, Dignity, Homosexuality, Matrimonial property regimes Education Pedagogical practice, Applied didactics, Risk behavior, Maternity, Poverty, Educational policy,

Sociology Conflict and region, Criminality, Social change and region, Victims, Public services, Residual

Journalism Minority language, Power, Displaced people, Social mobilization, New media, Online news,

Education for peace, Informational skills, Democracy, State

Political Sciences Organized crime, Paramilitarism, Forced displacement, Armed conflict, Social policy,

Politic violence, Displacement, Human rights, Human development, Memory, Dispossession,

International economic policy, State performance, Humanitarian exchange, Transitional justice

Messages, Poverty, Public space, Journalistic coverage, News sources, Infancy, Child abuse

related to the main social, political and economic issues experienced by the nation.

the illegal armed actors.

**Disciplines Main topics**

Armed conflict

gaps, Education quality

**Table 8.** Main keywords identified in Colombian Social Sciences.

Other Social Sciences

160 Data Mining

**Acknowledgements**

Considering the dynamic character of the knowledge networks, it can be inferred that future research lines focus on the associated processes to the construction of a post-conflict society, this in accordance with the construction of peace processes between the Colombian State and

We express our gratitude to the Colombian Administrative Department of Science and Technology (COLCIENCIAS) for the financing of the Project entitled "Scientology of the field of studies in José Hernando Ávila-Toscano1 \*, Ivón Catherine Romero-Pérez2 , Ailed Marenco-Escuderos<sup>3</sup> and Eugenio Saavedra Guajardo<sup>4</sup>

\*Address all correspondence to: javila@unireformada.edu.co

1 Research and Innovation Management, Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla, Colombia

2 Scientology, Mining and Data Analysis, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla, Colombia

3 Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Colombia

4 Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
