A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru
Objective To determine the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru. Methods We made a descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative analysis approach of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in all areas of science registered in the National Council of Science, Tec...
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| author | Percy Herrera-Añazco Germán Valenzuela-Rodríguez Ronald Hernández-Vásquez Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo Guido Bendezu-Quispe |
| author_facet | Percy Herrera-Añazco Germán Valenzuela-Rodríguez Ronald Hernández-Vásquez Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo Guido Bendezu-Quispe |
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To determine the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru.
Methods
We made a descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative analysis approach of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in all areas of science registered in the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation of Peru.
Results
We analyzed the scientific production of 942 doctoral graduates with a median time since the graduation of 84 months (interquartile range: 36 to 132). In total, 532 (56.48%) had published an article in their lifetime. The median of published articles was four (interquartile range: 2 to 12), and the median H-index of the doctoral graduates who had published was two (interquartile range: 1 to 5). We found that the number of publications and H-index was statistically different according to the doctorate area of science (p < 0.05 for both). Natural Sciences (69.13%), Engineering (67.47%), and Health Sciences (67.08%) had the highest proportion of doctoral graduates with at least one publication. Regarding gender and university of origin (foreign or Peruvian), it was found a difference concerning the number of articles published and the H-index (p < 0.05 for both) being that male and doctoral graduates with a foreign doctoral degree had higher scientific production.
Conclusions
Only six out of 10 Peruvian doctoral graduates have published at some point in their life. The areas of science with the highest production by doctoral graduates were Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Health Sciences. There is higher scientific production in males and graduates from a foreign university. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd0feb114173481cb17331b3f1f6b5732022-12-21T20:31:09ZengMedwave Estudios LimitadaMedwave0717-63842021-10-012109e2119e211910.5867/medwave.2021.09.2119A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in PeruPercy Herrera-Añazco0Germán Valenzuela-Rodríguez1Ronald Hernández-Vásquez2Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo3Guido Bendezu-Quispe4Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima, Perú; Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación – IETSI, EsSalud, Lima, PeruClínica Delgado, Servicio de Medicina Interna y Cardiología, Lima, Perú; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Unidad de Revisiones Sistemáticas y Metaanálisis, Guías de Práctica Clínica y Evaluaciones Tecnológicas Sanitarias, Lima, PerúUniversidad de San Martín de Porres, Unidad de Virtualización Académica, Lima, PerúUniversidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Lima, PerúUniversidad Privada Norbert Wiener, Centro de Investigación Epidemiológica en Salud Global, Lima, PerúObjective To determine the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru. Methods We made a descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative analysis approach of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in all areas of science registered in the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation of Peru. Results We analyzed the scientific production of 942 doctoral graduates with a median time since the graduation of 84 months (interquartile range: 36 to 132). In total, 532 (56.48%) had published an article in their lifetime. The median of published articles was four (interquartile range: 2 to 12), and the median H-index of the doctoral graduates who had published was two (interquartile range: 1 to 5). We found that the number of publications and H-index was statistically different according to the doctorate area of science (p < 0.05 for both). Natural Sciences (69.13%), Engineering (67.47%), and Health Sciences (67.08%) had the highest proportion of doctoral graduates with at least one publication. Regarding gender and university of origin (foreign or Peruvian), it was found a difference concerning the number of articles published and the H-index (p < 0.05 for both) being that male and doctoral graduates with a foreign doctoral degree had higher scientific production. Conclusions Only six out of 10 Peruvian doctoral graduates have published at some point in their life. The areas of science with the highest production by doctoral graduates were Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Health Sciences. There is higher scientific production in males and graduates from a foreign university.https://www.medwave.cl/link.cgi/English/Features/ShortCommunications/8480.actpublicationsresearcheducationgraduateperu |
| spellingShingle | Percy Herrera-Añazco Germán Valenzuela-Rodríguez Ronald Hernández-Vásquez Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo Guido Bendezu-Quispe A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru Medwave publications research education graduate peru |
| title | A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru |
| title_full | A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru |
| title_fullStr | A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru |
| title_short | A cross-sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in Peru |
| title_sort | cross sectional study of the scientific production of doctoral graduates in peru |
| topic | publications research education graduate peru |
| url | https://www.medwave.cl/link.cgi/English/Features/ShortCommunications/8480.act |
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