The impacts of descentralization of teaching and research in the cinvestav of 1961-2015: Bibliometric study

Abstract

The information registered in Web of Science (WoS) from 1961-2015 is used to determine the production growth and scientific impact of the units, departments and laboratories that were created as part of the decentralization process of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav). The study is complemented by variables such as: number of researchers, departments, graduates, certified graduate programs, distinctions and recognitions. In order to measure the increments of the variables, besides WoS, were also applied the Atlas of Science in the Cinvestav, the collective library catalog of the institution, the yearbooks, the websites of the administration and the units and departments of the Cinvestav. Contributions are measured in percentages by comparing the Zacatenco Unit versus the rest of other units. This way, it can be observed that the Cinvestav was founded in 1961 with the Zacatenco Unit in Mexico City and, starting in 1980, it began its decentralization process with the opening of eight foreign units and a second metropolitan office. The growth of the faculty plant in these units has been such that it currently matches the scientific production and training of human resources of masters and doctorates in the Zacatenco unit.