Bibliometric and spatially georeferenced datasets of beach research in Mexico from 1993 to 2023

<p><span>These datasets resulted from a systematic review of published investigations on Mexican sandy beaches from 1993 to 2023. The literature search was performed on late December 2023 using three bibliographic repositories: Scopus, Web of Science and Redalyc. In the first dataset all records were standardized following the format of the Scopus database, including the following bibliographic metrics: authors, title, publication year, source, citations, authors' affiliations, and keywords. </span></p> <p><span>The second dataset includes the georeferenced beach location according to information provided in the articles listed in the first dataset. On this regard, the dataset includes the following fields: citation of the literature source; name of the beach as provided in the literature sources; latitude and longitude in grades, minutes and seconds using the geodetic datum WGS84; the research theme; and the research subtheme.</span></p>