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

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dc.contributor.author Belter, Christopher W.
dc.contributor.author Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet
dc.contributor.author Livinski, Alicia A.
dc.contributor.author León-Velarde, Fabiola
dc.contributor.author Weymouth, Kristen H.
dc.contributor.author Glass, Roger I.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-06T21:02:56Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-06T21:02:56Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/7508
dc.description.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 the US, 13% from the UK, 12% from Brazil, and 10% from Spain. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) was clearly the lead research institution noted on one-third of publications. Of the 20 most published authors, 15 were Peruvians, 14 trained at some point at UPCH, and 13 received advanced training abroad. Plotting co-authorships documented the growth of institutional collaborations, the robust links between investigators and some lineages of mentorship. Conclusions: This analysis suggests that international training of Peruvian physician-scientists who built and sustained longstanding international partnerships with funding accelerated quality research on diseases of local importance. The role of a single research university, UPCH, was critical to advance a culture of biomedical research. Increased funding from the Peruvian Government and its Council for Science, Technology and Innovation will be needed to sustain this growth in the future. Middle-income countries might consider the Peruvian experience where long-term research and training partnerships yielded impressive advances to address key health priorities of the country. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject altitude en_US
dc.subject Article en_US
dc.subject capacity building en_US
dc.subject catalysis en_US
dc.subject child health en_US
dc.subject cysticercosis en_US
dc.subject funding en_US
dc.subject infection en_US
dc.subject leishmaniasis en_US
dc.subject malignant neoplasm en_US
dc.subject medical research en_US
dc.subject mentor en_US
dc.subject occupational health en_US
dc.subject organization en_US
dc.subject publication en_US
dc.subject research en_US
dc.subject tuberculosis en_US
dc.subject writing en_US
dc.title The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007483
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn 1935-2735


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