ACADEMIC RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY BY DEPARTMENTS, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD, UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA, 2010-2016

Abstract

Introduction: It is necessary to know the academic production of the Facultad Ciencias de la Salud for generating processes of feed-back and institutional accreditation, this is achieved through bibliometrics. The bibliometrics uses the scientific method to quantify the academic production resulting of research process. Methods: Cross-sectional bibliometric investigation that used as population the whole scientific production represented in the published articles on journals (online and paper) in 2010 to 2016 in the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Results: 183 articles were found to fulfill the inclusion criteria. The trend of the production decreasing since 2013. The departments of Medicine program were the ones with most contributions to the production (72%), followed by Fonoaudiology (10%), Physiotherapy (4%) and Nursery (2%). The main authors were men, doctors and specialists. The student’s entailment was found in 35%. Mainly, the articles were published in the Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud (57%). The financing was observed only in one article. Conclusions: This study shows, for the first time, the bibliometric reality of our faculty. The university support is needed to continue with this labor that improves the planning and strengthens the academic quality.