SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE RESULTS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Abstract

This scientific article arises from the disadvantage that researchers have in not publishing with Scientific disclosures frequently occur, one of which is the lack of financial resources that influences the production and dissemination of academic texts and scientific knowledge. The objective of this research is to analyze the impact that publications have on the results of professional training, social, educational and scientific development in Ecuador. In this research, the methodology is deductive and analytical in nature, it is supported by descriptive research using the desk research method, which made it possible to collect information from studies and research already carried out and that have published their results. This study focuses on making a comparative analysis of how scientific publications behaved in the period 2015 to the present. Results are obtained from the scientific production of the platformweb of Science for the periods 2015-2020 in some countries such as: Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. A comparative analysis was carried out to differentiate the records of scientific production prior to the university evolution of the country in 2015 with the current ones. Ecuador is in position 7 on the list, presenting 4.68% of the total number of records in terms of publications to date. The Scimago website, in its ranking, places the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in third place as one of the best universities in the country. Scientific production in Ecuador has had a positive influence, these figures can be improved by changing the educational paradigm, so that scientific writing is taken as a transversal axis from the first years of formal education.