Abstract

UGARTE PINEDA, Eva  and  PARRA HUERTA, Gilberto. The relevance of funding on scientific production in Mexico. Investig. bibl [online]. 2021, vol.35, n.87, pp.187-202.  Epub July 30, 2021. ISSN 2448-8321.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iibi.24488321xe.2021.87.58330.

The aim of this paper is to explore the funding of basic research in Mexico during the period 2009-2019. The study uses data from the Web of Science and focuses on the Science Citation Index Expanded. We pay special attention to the impact that Conacyt’s economic support has on academic production. Our analysis reveals that 75.65% of the publications received funding. Conacyt appears as funding institution in 46.05% of these documents. We also investigated the dissemination of scientific research. We found that 68.13% of the documents that received financial support from Conacyt were published in restricted access journals, that is, that they are behind paywalls.

Keywords : Funding Science; Basic Research; Conacyt.