Academic inbreeding and scientific production in teachers at a public university in Lambayeque, Peru

Authors

  • Johnny Leandro Saavedra-Camacho Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3842-4314
  • Sebastian Alfredo Iglesias-Osores Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo
  • Johana Acosta-Quiroz Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51252/rceyt.v2i2.516

Keywords:

university teachers, academic oligarchy, academic practices

Abstract

Currently, the higher education establishments in Peru have shown deficiencies in terms of scientific research due to academic endogamy. The objective of this study was to describe and investigate the impact of academic endogamy on the scientific production of professors at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo (UNPRG). The observation technique was used, through which databases of teachers classified by professional career to which they belong were verified. Once this information was obtained, the university from which each professor graduated was sought to establish the level of academic endogamy. In addition, the data of scientific production were taken in indexed journals from professors throughout their professional careers. A total of 545 professors were accounted for, of which 75% were men, 4.6% belonged to a RENACYT group and academic endogamy of 68.3% was evidenced, in addition to the fact that the scientific production of all the professors, in general, were of 475 articles in indexed journals. There is a high percentage of endogamy at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo that could influence the academic performance of the institution.

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Published

2023-07-20

How to Cite

Saavedra-Camacho, J. L., Iglesias- Osores, S., & Acosta-Quiroz, J. (2023). Academic inbreeding and scientific production in teachers at a public university in Lambayeque, Peru. Revista Científica Episteme Y Tekne, 2(2), e516. https://doi.org/10.51252/rceyt.v2i2.516

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