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Influence of seniority and total research hours on scientific production of university professors

Abstract:

Through a longitudinal study, the scientific production in university professors of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Humanities and Technologies of the Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo (UNACH), in Ecuador is analyzed. Special attention is paid to the relation between the teaching experience (seniority) and the total hours dedicated to research. The data collection was carried out between June 2015 and June 2017. Descriptive and correlational analyzes were carried out among the chosen variables. Multivariate analysis of variance was carried out to examine the bivariate relationships between the dependent variables: experience in university teaching and total hours dedicated to research and the independent variable, scientific production. In addition, the pbkp_redictive capacity of the model on scientific production was explored through multiple linear regression analysis. This work is a preliminary approach to trace the ideal researcher profile and the factors that affect it. It was found that academic staff with higher number of publications, has about 15 and 30 hours assigned to research projects and scientific production.