Dirección de Cátedras, CONACYT Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de México, México.
INFOTEC Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, Aguascalientes, México.
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 15;15(12):e0243531. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243531. eCollection 2020.
In this work, we present a diagnostic analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the current state of Bioinformatics in Mexico. We conducted semi-structured interviews among researchers and academics with key expertise in this field, identified by bibliometric analyses and qualitative sampling techniques. Additionally, an online survey was conducted reaching a higher number of respondents. Among the relevant findings of our study, the lack of specialized human resources and technological infrastructure stood out, along with deficiencies in the number and quality of academic programs, scarce public investment and a weak relationship between public and private institutions. However, there are great opportunities for developing a national Bioinformatics to support different economic sectors. In our opinion, this work could be useful to favor a comprehensive network among Mexican researchers, in order to lay the foundations of a national strategy towards a well designed public policy.
在这项工作中，我们对墨西哥生物信息学当前状况的优势、劣势、机遇和威胁（SWOT）进行了诊断分析。我们通过文献计量分析和定性抽样技术，对在该领域具有专业知识的研究人员和学者进行了半结构化访谈。此外，我们还进行了一项在线调查，以接触到更多的受访者。在我们研究的相关发现中，突出的问题是缺乏专业人力资源和技术基础设施，以及学术项目的数量和质量不足、公共投资匮乏、公私营机构之间关系薄弱。然而，发展国家生物信息学以支持不同经济部门具有巨大的机会。在我们看来，这项工作有助于促进墨西哥研究人员之间的全面网络，为制定一项精心设计的公共政策奠定国家战略的基础。
