The importance of scientific publications on the ranking of universities: challenge for a public university

publications research

Authors

  • Roberto Orozco
    roberto.orozco@revistamedicagt.org
    Departamento de Patología, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Julián Saquimux Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Carlos Chúa Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Victor Argueta Departamento de Patología, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala
June 30, 2017

Background: Ranking universities, in terms of their academic performance, emphasizes scientific research, judged by production and importance of publications in indexed journals. Universities need to know where they stand among other u