The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In Peru, the past three decades have witnessed impressive growth in biomedical research catalyzed from a single research university and its investigators who secured international partnerships and funding. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of publications by Peruvian authors to understand the roots of this growth and the spread of research networks within the country.

Methods

For 1997-2016, publications from Web of Science with at least one author affiliated with a Peruvian institution were examined by year, author affiliations, funding agencies, co-authorship linkages, and research topics.

Results

From 1997-2016, the annual number of publications from Peru increased 9-fold from 75 to 672 totaling 6032. Of these, 56% of the articles had co-authors from th

SUBMITTER: Belter CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658117 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature