Producción científica de asesores de tesis de Psicología en una universidad privada del Perú

Abstract

The objective was to determine the main characteristics of the undergraduate thesis advisors and its scientific production in Psychology. The methodology involves a descriptive-bibliometric study, where the analyzed population consisted of 37 advisory professors from 149 undergraduate theses approved in the period 2014 - 2017 in a private university in Peru, which were located in the digital repository of this institution. The main results indicate that there was a greater participation of women advisers (70.3%), more women advisors than men advisors (29.7%). In addition, 64.9% evidenced having only professional title, 21.6% had master’s degree and only 13.5% doctor’s degree, likewise, only 27% of the professors had scientific publications, while 73% had not published at any time in their lives. Finally, we discovered a scientific production of 37 articles (33 originals, 2 letters to the editor and 2 editorials) corresponding to only 10 advisory professors, who made published their works in national and international journals. It is concluded that there is a low proportion of advisors with the necessary academic degree to advise degree work according to the Peruvian university law, likewise, a low scientific production of them that corroborates the findings recorded in Peruvian scientific literature, which indicates that currently, the generation of new knowledge in the country is facing serious limitations.