%0 Journal Article %T Fifty years of entomological publications in the Revista de Biolog¨ªa Tropical %A Paul Hanson %J Revista de Biolog¨ªa Tropical %D 2002 %I Universidad de Costa Rica %X Over its fifty year history nearly twenty percent of the papers published in the Revista de Biolog¨ªa Tropical have been about inseets and arachnids. In the 1950's papers on arthropods of medical importance were dominant, in the 1960's there was a poliferation of papers on bees, and in more recent years the subjects have become incresingly diverse. In terms of nationality of contributing authors, the journal appears to have become increasingly international in later years. A trav¨¦s de su historia de cincuenta a os, casi veinte porciento de los art¨ªculos publicados en la Revista de Biolog¨ªa Tropical trataron de insectos y ar¨¢cnidos. En los ai¨ªos cincuenta dominaron los art¨ªculos sobre artr¨®podos de importancia m¨¦dica, en los a os sesenta hubo una proliferaci¨®n de art¨ªculos sobre abejas, y en los ¨²ltimos a os los temas incluidos se hicieron m¨¢s diversos. En t¨¦rminos de la nacionalidad de los autores contribuyentes, parece que la revista se ha vuelto m¨¢s internacional en los ¨²ltimos a os. %K Entomology %K Costa Rica %K Latin America %K insects %K arachnids %U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442002000300012