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 Volume 10, Issue 11 (November 2023), Pages: 42-48

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 Original Research Paper

Evolution and future perspectives of scientific journals in Peruvian public universities

 Author(s): 

 Manuel Reategui-Inga 1, *, Eli Morales Rojas 2, Franklin Hitler Fernandez-Zarate 3, Roger Álvaro Fernández Villarroel 4, Pompeyo Ferro 2, Wilfredo Alva Valdiviezo 5, Manuel Ñique Alvarez 6, José Kalión Guerra Lu 5, Edilberto César Dávila Zamora 7

 Affiliation(s):

 1Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Selva Central Juan Santos Atahualpa, Chanchamayo, Peru
 2Escuela Profesional de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Intercultural Fabiola Salazar Leguía de Bagua, Bagua, Peru
 3Instituto de Ciencia de Datos, Universidad Nacional de Jaén, Jaén, Peru
 4Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Nacional Intercultural Fabiola Salazar Leguía de Bagua, Bagua, Peru
 5Facultad de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva, Tingo María, Peru
 6Departamento Académico de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional de Cañete, Lima, Peru
 7Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva, Tingo María, Peru

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  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5417-6509

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.11.006

 Abstract

In Peru, scientific journals are in constant growth, as they seek to make visible the scientific work of licensed public universities. In this sense, the objective of this research was to evaluate the historical evolution and future perspectives of scientific journals in Peru. The research was carried out by reviewing the official web pages of each institution, taking into account the official list of universities authorized by the Superintendencia Nacional de Educación Superior Universitaria (SUNEDU). We reviewed journals that are included in the Sistema Regional de Información en Línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal (Latindex Catálogo 2.0), SciELO, Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus. Data analysis was performed by tabulation in Excel and minitab 19. We found 205 scientific journals, 51 are indexed in at least one database (Latindex Catálogo 2.0, SciELO, WOS or Scopus) and 154 in no database, which means that the editorial teams have an arduous task. Only four journals are indexed in Scopus (three belong to the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and one to the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo). It is concluded that the evolution of the journals is a function of their Google Scholar H index. Likewise, support for public universities should be increased to promote the indexing of scientific journals to generate greater visibility of research at regional, national and international levels of public universities in Peru. In this sense, future perspectives include incentive policies for researchers who publish in local journals.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Scientific journals, Public universities, Journal indexing, Google Scholar h-index

 Article history

 Received 20 June 2023, Received in revised form 15 October 2023, Accepted 19 October 2023

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Reategui-Inga M, Rojas EM, Fernandez-Zarate FH, Villarroel RÁF, Ferro P, Valdiviezo WA, Alvarez MÑ, Lu JKG, and Zamora ECD (2023). Evolution and future perspectives of scientific journals in Peruvian public universities. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(11): 42-48

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