Scientific production in the Scopus database of a public university in the peruvian Amazon

Abstract

At present, research has been considered one of the pillars of Peruvian universities and despite the fact that a sustained and significant increase in scientific production has been observed since the promulgation of the University Law, there are some limitations that prevent said growth from being notably superior. In this sense, the objective of this research was to describe the scientific production in the Scopus database of a public university in the Peruvian Amazon. The research was bibliometric and retrospective, where the scientific production of the Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (UNAMAD) was described through the analysis of documents published and registered in Scopus. According to the results, 82 documents indexed in Scopus were located, being the authors with the most publications Gárate-Quispe, J. (10 documents), García Roca, M. (8 documents), Castillo, J. (7 documents), Estrada Araoz, E.G. (7 documents) and Alarcón Aguirre, G. (7 documents). Regarding the characteristics of the documents, it was found that most of the journals where they were published were foreign, they were original articles in English, with a greater participation of researchers affiliated with UNAMAD as co-authors, and no funding was declared. On the other hand, it was found that more documents were published in the area of ​​Natural Sciences. Finally, it was concluded that in recent years the scientific production of UNAMAD in Scopus has increased significantly, however, compared to other universities in the Amazon and Peru, it is still limited and insufficient, so it is necessary to promote policies that promote the publication of research carried out by the university community (teachers, students, and researchers) in high-impact scientific journals, preferably indexed in Scopus.