Scientific production of Ecuador in the agricultural field: case of the National Institute of Agricultural Research, period 2014-2019

Scientific production in Ecuador has followed a pattern similar to the evolution of other Latin American countries, with little production of indexed documents but, in recent years, this has increased due to current regulations in the country. INIAP has expressed its research results in technical publications, leaflets, guides and manuals, among others. Since 2014, there has been a sustained increase in its scientific production. The objective of this study is to carry out an analysis of the scientific production of INIAP during the 2014-2019 period. Results showed an increase of 3.1 times during the analyzed period, surpassing the Latin American growth in the same time. It was determined that more than 54% of INIAP's publications include international collaboration and 62% of publications are indexed in journals with SJR index. These results indicate that INIAP has increased its scientific production and quality in agricultural research.