Ecuador is a developing country with a low percentage of scientific publications compared to other countries in the region. For an Ecuadorian researcher, scientific advances have several obstacles at the time of development of a research and for its publication several aspects must be taken into account such as: lack of a scientific culture, policies that do not support research, private companies that do not promote these initiatives. high costs of equipment and reagents because there are no companies that make these inputs and they have to be imported.
In Ecuador, it has a human talent within the scientific area that, despite the challenges, has managed to publish internationally and create alliances with other organizations that support these initiatives. In recent years, proposals have also emerged that promote scientific progress within universities who seek to get their students interested in the field of science and technology as an opportunity for companies to be part of these initiatives.