Nivel de producción y características de la Investigación Científica en Salud en la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca, 2009 – 2014

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To determine the level and characteristics of the scientific production in the Medical Sciences Faculty of the University of Cuenca, in the period 2009-2014. METHODS: A cross-sectional analytical research was conducted. The sample, which was, random and representative, was consisted by 460 research papers, 272 graduate, 98 post graduate and 100 of the Faculty of Medical Sciences Magazine. The data were obtained from the digital files of the Library. The characteristics were studied in academic levels of graduate, postgraduate and teacher. Significant differences were established using the chi square and a value of p <0.005. RESULTS: A total of 996 research papers were produced at a rate of 166 jobs per year, predominated the biomedical research (74.6%), clinical (73%), observational (88.5%), quantitative (89.3%), descriptive (65.7%) applied (96.7%) and it was performed more in hospitals (42.4%); in the graduate and in the magazine there is more co-authored, in the postgraduate the authorship is individual; according to the production of the magazine, which published most professors of the Faculty, is low compared to the magnitude of graduate and postgraduate; the tendency is to increase the number of research papers; existing a low international (4.1%) and inter-institutional (8.5%) collaboration. CONCLUSIONS: The research is limited, but with a tendency to increase, it is mainly observational, quantitative, descriptive, biomedical, and clinical, which is done with very little international and inter-institutional collaboration. KEYWORDS: Academic Dissertations, Publications for Science Diffusion, Scientific Publication Indicators, Portals for Scientific Journals, Scientific Publication Ethics. Health Research Evaluation

Año de publicación:

2016

Keywords:

• Indicadores De La Produccion Cientifica
• Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
• Etica En La Publicacion Cientifica
• Portales De Acceso A Revistas Cientificas
• Publicaciones De Divulgacion Cientifica
• UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA
• Evaluacion De La Investigacion En Salud

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