Rodríguez V, Flores-Sanchez M, Zambrano C H, Rincón L, Paz J L, Torres F J
Departamento de Matemática, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Diego de Robles y Vía Interoceánica, Quito, 17-1200-841, Ecuador.
Grupo de Quimica Computacional y Teorica (QCT-USFQ), Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Diego de Robles y Via Interoceanica, Quito, 17-1200-841, Ecuador.
Heliyon. 2022 Apr 25;8(4):e09329. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09329. eCollection 2022 Apr.
An analysis of the scientific production of Ecuador is performed by means of the composite indicator computed for Ecuador-based authors as compared to their counterparts of other South American countries. The dataset employed was obtained from the Databricks platform of the ELSEVIER's International Center for Science Research, ICSR. Therefore, this analysis is limited to the metadata of the documents published in journals indexed in SCOPUS. Comparison of the results obtained for two decades: 2001-2010 and 2011-2020 showed that the number of Ecuador-based researchers has significantly increased in different areas of knowledge. Moreover, comparison between the total number of authors that worked in Ecuador at any given year of the 2011-2020 period and the number of authors that are still working in this country up to the date of the data extraction (i.e., June 2021) showed an average of ∼68% of permanency. Analysis of the percentage distribution in terms of range quarters of the composite indicator (i.e., Q4: 0-1.5, Q3: 1.5-3.0, Q2: 3.0-4.5, and Q1: 4.5-6.0) showed that nearly the totality of the Ecuador-based researchers has composite indicators that lay in the Q4 and Q3 ranges for all the scientific fields considered. The latter was observed to be an effect of the scientific impact of South American countries, with larger investments in science and technology in comparison to Ecuador (i.e., Argentina, Brazil, and Chile). Exclusion of this group of countries in the calculation of the composite indicator of Ecuador-based authors resulted in a noticeable increment of scientists with composite indicators within Q2. Finally, our results suggest, in agreement with previous studies, a correlation between the sustained growth of scientific productivity in the decade 2011-2020 with the scientific programs and policies created by the state, where the initiative of scientific culture is shown as a strategy for growth and development.
通过为厄瓜多尔籍作者计算的综合指标，与其他南美国家的同行进行比较，对厄瓜多尔的科研产出进行了分析。所使用的数据集来自爱思唯尔国际科学研究中心（ICSR）的Databricks平台。因此，本分析仅限于在SCOPUS索引期刊上发表的文献的元数据。对2001 - 2010年和2011 - 2020年这两个十年的结果进行比较表明，厄瓜多尔籍研究人员在不同知识领域的数量显著增加。此外，对2011 - 2020年期间任何给定年份在厄瓜多尔工作的作者总数与截至数据提取日期（即2021年6月）仍在该国工作的作者数量进行比较，结果显示平均留存率约为68%。对综合指标范围四分位数的百分比分布进行分析（即Q4：0 - 1.5，Q3：1.5 - 3.0，Q2：3.0 - 4.5，Q1：4.5 - 6.0）表明，几乎所有厄瓜多尔籍研究人员的综合指标都处于所考虑的所有科学领域的Q4和Q3范围内。观察到后者是南美国家科学影响的结果，与厄瓜多尔相比，这些国家在科学技术方面投入更大（即阿根廷、巴西和智利）。在计算厄瓜多尔籍作者的综合指标时排除这组国家，导致综合指标在Q2范围内的科学家数量显著增加。最后，我们的结果表明，与先前的研究一致，2011 - 2020年十年间科研生产力的持续增长与国家制定的科学计划和政策之间存在相关性，其中科学文化倡议被视为增长和发展的战略。
