Bibliometric study of the theoretical construct “victim”: An approach based on the armed conflict in Colombia

The objective of this article was to address the conceptual network of the meaning “victim”, through the indication of the origins, theoretical journey and review of the scientific contributions to the concept, to be landed in the illustrative example of victimization based on the analysis of the case of the Colombian armed conflict, with the aim of establishing the scope and existing limitations of the object of study. In addition to this, a documentary analysis was also carried out, for which the data obtained from the bibliometric review are presented, referring to the works in this field published from 1984 to 2020. For this purpose, a data search was made in Scopus, global and high-quality bibliographic database, locating 1 thousand 928 documents, of which the authors, regions, institutional affiliations, publication periods, the most representative definitions, among other relevant data, stand out, concluding in the the need to vindicate the existing gaps in terms of the clarity of the concept, the notorious lack of research in countries such as Colombia compared to the considerable contribution of territories such as the United States and, in general terms, the invisibility of quality Latin American production.