University of Cauca Research Groups: Outputs and Colciencias Classification

Grupos de Investigación de la Universidad Del Cauca details the research groups, their outputs, and classifications from the Colombian science agency. The dataset includes columns for projects, theses, publications, patents, and classification codes from the 2017 and 2018 Colciencias calls. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze research productivity trends by faculty using FACULTAD A LA QUE PERTENECE and output columns like ARTÍCULOS IMPRESOS and LIBROS.
• Compare group classifications over time using CLASIFICACIÓN COLCIENCIAS 2017 and REFERENCIA columns.
• Map research specializations by linking LÍNEAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN DEL GRUPO with specific output types like PROYECTOS DE ID+I or PATENTES.
• Profile doctoral and master's research output by filtering on TESIS DE DOCTORADO and TESIS DE MAESTRÍA columns.

Strengths

• Includes detailed classification from two official Colciencias calls (781-2017 and 833-2018).
• Covers a wide range of academic output types across 19 distinct columns.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely an administrative registry from Universidad del Cauca.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:21:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cauca, Colombia