GONZALEZ-CORREA, Carlos Augusto    GONZALEZ-CORREA, Clara Helena. RESEARCH IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS (COLOMBIA) IN THE IBERO-AMERICAN CONTEXT. []. , 19, 1, pp.13-24. ISSN 0121-7577.

Objective: To analyze the scientific research at the Faculty for Health Sciences at Universidad de Caldas (Manizales, Colombia) between 1996-2009, in the light of international indicators. Materials and Methods: The following indicators defined in the platform SCIMAGO were used: h index, Scientific Production, International Collaboration, Quality and Percent Average, Scientific Journal Publications of the First Quartile SJR. Results: According to scientific production and GDP, Colombia is ranked 55 in the world and 35 in Latin America. Universidad de Caldas is in the 11^th place among Colombian Universities, with 158 products in SCOPUS, from which 105 belongs to the Faculty for Health Sciences. Forty percent was published in English, 59% in Spanish and 1% in Portuguese. The highest h indexes were 5 for an individual, 7 for a department, and 8 for a group. However, apparently, there is not a good correlation between the Colombian native index used by COLCIENCIAS (Scienticol) for classification of groups and the international scientometric scores verified and well documented. Conclusion: The position of Colombia in the global and Latin America environment may be considered acceptable, although its scientific production, in terms of number of documents, is well below other countries. The efforts made by Universidad de Caldas are positive, but should be intensified in order to meet the social and historical challenge of this institution.

: Bibliometrics; Area Health Education Centers; Colombia; Latin America; indicators.

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