Bibliometric analysis of the scientific production of the Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina

Abstract

The scientific production of the researchers of the Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina, was analyzed. Only 66% of the 100 scientific projects evaluated had published scientific articles, from this 46% were published in journals with impact factor (IF). Biological science which includes Botany, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Plant Genetics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Plant Production were the subjects with more production, 20 and 17%, respectively. The analysis of the scientific production using the SCOPUS database showed a low scientific production during 1996 to 2000 period and a sustained increase of article published from year 2000 until now. The increment observed could be explained, in part, by the incorporation of researchers since year 2000 that were working or studying in other Universities of Argentina or abroad and by the production of researchers from institutes from CONICET.