Trabajos de investigación realizados en la Estación Experimental Patacamaya, Facultad de Agronomía-UMSA: una sistematización y estudio bibliométrico

Abstract

The Patacamaya Experimental Station (EEP), which depends on the Faculty of Agronomy of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), stands out as an important center dedicated to agricultural research in the highlands of La Paz, Bolivia. Therefore, the objective of this study was to describe the scientific production of the EEP, period 2008-2022, carrying out a bibliometric, documentary, descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study. The data source was the research works available in the Institutional Repository of the School of Agronomy (undergraduate and master's theses, supervised works, dissertations) using bibliometric indicators such as: productivity per year, articles produced, type of modality, production index. The inclusion criteria identified 72 publications and 17 topics: quinoa, potato, vegetables, pastures and/or native species, irrigation, camelids, sheep, guinea pigs, vermiculture, forestry, aromatic plants, microorganisms, other Andean crops, birds, soils and water resources. According to the Productivity Index (PI), the years 2016, 2020 and 2021 correspond to a "large producer" rating, while from 2008 to 2015 the PI categorizes the EEP as a "medium producer". For the number of publications per year, there is an increasing linear trend (R2=0.7889), with an average of 6.36 papers and a maximum of 11. By type of modality, undergraduate theses predominate, followed by graduate theses, dissertations and supervised works (88.89, 6.94, 2.78 and 1.39 %, respectively). By subject matter, undergraduate and graduate theses related to vegetables are predominant, followed by studies on irrigation, quinoa, guinea pigs, fodder, camelids, sheep and potatoes.