Scopus Scientific Production 2019–2023 in Non-Institutionalized Peruvian Universities with Organizing Commission

Abstract

Research is a mandatory and essential function of the university. The study analyses the behaviour of some bibliometric indicators of the scientific production Scopus 2019–2023 of the 19 Peruvian Non-Institutionalised Universities with Organising Commission. For 2023, 1746 documents indexed in Scopus were found. There is evidence of an increase in publications in social sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, engineering, informatics and computing, and environmental sciences. The variety of documents published, the level of publication in English, the H indexes of scientific journals and publication by quartiles, the number of qualified research professors in the Peruvian national science and technology system and the areas of publication are identified. Between 2022–2023, the level of publication in Scopus and the number of qualified teachers has increased significantly in this group of universities; however, the level of publication is well below that of institutionalized universities.