@article{33439,
  author = {Belter CW and Garcia P and Livinski AA and Leon-Velarde F and Weymouth KH and Glass RI},
  title = {The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis.},
  abstract = {<p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>In Peru, the past three decades have witnessed impressive growth in biomedical research catalyzed from a single research university and its investigators who secured international partnerships and funding. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of publications by Peruvian authors to understand the roots of this growth and the spread of research networks within the country.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>For 1997-2016, publications from Web of Science with at least one author affiliated with a Peruvian institution were examined by year, author affiliations, funding agencies, co-authorship linkages, and research topics.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>From 1997-2016, the annual number of publications from Peru increased 9-fold from 75 to 672 totaling 6032. Of these, 56% of the articles had co-authors from the US, 13% from the UK, 12% from Brazil, and 10% from Spain. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) was clearly the lead research institution noted on one-third of publications. Of the 20 most published authors, 15 were Peruvians, 14 trained at some point at UPCH, and 13 received advanced training abroad. Plotting co-authorships documented the growth of institutional collaborations, the robust links between investigators and some lineages of mentorship.</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSIONS: </strong>This analysis suggests that international training of Peruvian physician-scientists who built and sustained longstanding international partnerships with funding accelerated quality research on diseases of local importance. The role of a single research university, UPCH, was critical to advance a culture of biomedical research. Increased funding from the Peruvian Government and its Council for Science, Technology and Innovation will be needed to sustain this growth in the future. Middle-income countries might consider the Peruvian experience where long-term research and training partnerships yielded impressive advances to address key health priorities of the country.</p>
},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {PLoS neglected tropical diseases},
  volume = {13},
  pages = {e0007483},
  issn = {1935-2735},
  url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007483&type=printable},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0007483},
  language = {eng},
}