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Description: This is a bibliometric analysis of the Corporación de Estudios para Latinoamérica (CIEPLAN in Spanish) scientific production. This was the most important think tank during the dictatorship and democratisation in Chile. The analysis is carried out based on bibliographic entries (n = 145), references (n = 4.055), and biographical information of the authors, from 1979 to 1989. Three dimensions are analysed: scientific production and topics; collaboration and co-authorship; and citation. We use descriptive statistics, topic modeling and Social Network Analysis (SNA). The results reveal a constant trend in the scientific production and classic topics of economy associated to inequality and political issues. Moreover, the collaboration and citation analyses disclose that there is a community composed of recognised academics and members of the Chilean political elite who were central in the intellectual production and the citation network.