Publicación científica de asesores de tesis de enfermería de tres universidades del departamento de puno, Perú

Introduction: Peruvian nursing research is going through serious difficulties in terms of scientific production. Changing this reality implies working from university, where those who advise research work are expected contribute. Objective: To identify the frequency of scientific publication of Nursing thesis advisers from three universities in the department of Puno, Peru. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study. With a population of 66 thesis advisers from Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Universidad Peruana Unión, and Universidad Privada San Carlos, carried out between April and July 2019. A registration form was used to collect sociodemographic data-The scientific publication was analyzed using the Google Scholar search engine and the Scopus database. A descriptive analysis was carried out using frequencies and absolute percentages. Results: 60.61% of thesis advisors had a master's degree, 63.64% worked at the same university, 56.06% were appointed, and 37.88% have up to five years of experience in university teaching. Regarding scientific publication, 16.67% published at some point in their life and only 6.06% did in the last three years; of this group, 4 were able to disseminate publications in Scielo and one could do it in Scopus. Of the publications, ten are original and one is a review article. No advisor is registered as a researcher at the Renacyt de Concytec-Peru. Conclusion: The frequency of publication of Nursing thesis advisers in three universities in Puno, Peru, is low and worrying.