Producción Científica de Investigadores Categorizados por el Pronii - Periodo 2003 al 2013

Abstract

The National Program of Incentives for Researchers (PRONII) depends upon the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) since 2011, it promotes and strengthens the scientific community by categorizing researchers into three levels: I, II and III, each with financial incentives. From here on, production development and scientific interest in Paraguay started to rise, though the existing gap is still highly significant in comparison to other countries. The visibility of the scientific productions is measured through citations by articles or authors. The aim of the work is to make a bibliometrical analysis of the scientific production of researchers categorized by the PRONII in the area of social sciences and humanities as well as identify the visibility and[ impact thereof, within the period 2003-2013. The work was carried out by using Google Scholar's database (GS) through the Publish or Perish software and that of the CONACYT. It was found that 13 researchers have international visibility among 21 categorized researchers. The results show that activities are sustained within the areas and the time period that were analyzed, but their publications should be enhanced in scientific journals of high impact to increase the visibility of the Paraguayan scientific research.