Abstract

REQUENA, Jaime. ¿Cuánto cuesta hacer ciencia en venezuela?. INCI [online]. 2003, vol.28, n.1, pp.21-28. ISSN 0378-1844.

Summary The fraction of its wealth that Venezuela dedicates to S&T has been 0.21% of the GNP for the years 1954 to 1999 (or 0.39% of the GNP for the period 1984-1999). Within the Venezuelan S&T sector, INTEVEP has been the most significant institution, employing 31% of the area resources, followed by 27% in the R&D units of national universities. CONICIT, the official S&T agency, has consumed 18%. IVIC has received 12% of the total; however, in turn, is the institution that has contributed the most to the production of indexed articles with 2685 papers (27 of the national total). In this aspect follow the universities: the Universidad Central de Venezuela with 24%, the Universidad de los Andes with 16% and the Universidad Simón Bolívar with 14%, while INTEVEP has only produced 3%. The production cost of an indexed publication was calculated, for IVIC, at Bs 969 thousand (constant with base at year 1984) or its equivalent of about US$ 77,330. For the Universidad Central de Venezuela the calculated unitary cost for indexed piblications was Bs 654 thousand (constant with base 1984) and for the Universidad Simón Bolívar it was Bs 367 thousand (constant with base 1984). After analyzing the relative weight of the elements that contribute to the calculation of institutional unitary costs, it was concluded that IVIC values constitute the best approximation for the Venezuelan scientific system. Thereafter, a correction factor applicable to national universities was obtained, which could allow the determination of more accurate values for unitary costs, which do not include salaries or services

Keywords : Costo de la Ciencia; Productividad Científica; Venezuela.