Scientific collaboration in Peruvian biomedical journals

Authors

  • Charles Huamaní Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú; Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú
  • José Pacheco-Romero Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v72i4.1080

Keywords:

Bibliometrics, collaboration indicator, serial publications, science administration, health technology and innovation, Peru

Abstract

Background: Products of research activities in medicine are mainly expressed in scientific journals; these products are subject to quantification and may be registered in specialized databases. Objectives: To determine socialization and interaction of Peruvian researchers and research institutions in order to identify possible critical knots where media intervention might help improving and increasing scientific production in medicine. Design: Bibliometrical study. Institution: Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Bibliographic material: Scientific papers published during 2005-2008 in SciELO Peru database. Interventions: Only scientific papers were selected, identifying authorship and institutional affiliation. Authorship and institutional collaboration were analyzed. Main outcome measures: Authors’ signatures index, frequencies, percentages and collaboration nets. Results: Four hundred and ninety three papers were analyzed comprising 2 131 signatures of 1 540 authors and 271 institutions; 56,2% were elaborated jointly by two institutions; 70,5% of researchers had only one paper registered. Most productive institutions were Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, with 138 and 125 articles respectively. Conclusions: National medical research is accomplished by few persevering researchers and few research nuclei mainly from universities that appear centralized and with moderate aperture to other developing knots.

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2011-12-30

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Vol. 72 No. 4 (2011)

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Huamaní C, Pacheco-Romero J. Scientific collaboration in Peruvian biomedical journals. An Fac med [Internet]. 2011 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];72(4):261-8. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1080