A bibliometric analysis of research productivity in Parasitology by different world regions during a 9-year period (1995-2003).
A bibliometric analysis of research productivity in Parasitology by different world regions during a 9-year period (1995-2003).
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2334-6-56
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发表时间：
2006-03-17
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Bliziotis IA
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作者：
Falagas ME;Papastamataki PA;Bliziotis IA
这项研究的目的是评估世界不同地区在寄生虫学领域的研究生产率。利用PubMed数据库，我们检索了1995-2003年期间收录在科学信息研究所“期刊引文报告”数据库“寄生虫学”类期刊上的文章。根据我们开发并在其他文献计量学研究中使用的方法，通过分析：(1)出版物总数，(2)所有论文的平均影响系数，(3)上述两个参数的乘积，(4)研究生产率与每个地区国内生产总值的关系，以及(5)研究生产率与每个地区的国民总收入和人口的关系，对研究生产率进行了评估。在18,377篇文章中，有18,110篇有关于研究原产国的数据(占纳入期刊所有文章的98.6%)。在研究期间，西欧的研究成果超过了世界所有地区(占论文总数的34.8%)，美国排名第二(19.9%)，拉丁美洲和加勒比地区排名第三(17.2%)。在寄生虫学期刊上发表的文章中，美国的平均影响因子最高(1.88)。在对人均国民总收入和人口进行调整后，大洋洲的研究生产率排名第一。东欧的产品产量几乎增加了两倍，从1995年占总产量的1.9%增加到2003年的4.3%。同样，拉丁美洲、加勒比和亚洲的产量翻了一番。然而，包括非洲在内的一些发展中地区的绝对和相对产量仍然很低，尽管寄生虫病是这些地区的主要公共卫生问题。我们的数据表明，发达国家应该向发展中国家提供更多的帮助，以改善研究的基础设施。
The objective of this study was to estimate the research productivity of different world regions in the field of Parasitology. Using the PubMed database we retrieved articles from journals included in the "Parasitology" category of the "Journal Citation Reports" database of the Institute for Scientific Information for the period 1995–2003. Research productivity was evaluated based on a methodology we developed and used in other bibliometric studies by analysing: (1) the total number of publications, (2) the mean impact factor of all papers, and (3) the product of the above two parameters, (4) the research productivity in relation to gross domestic product of each region, and (5) the research productivity in relation to gross national income per capita and population of each region. Data on the country of origin of the research was available for 18,110 out of 18,377 articles (98.6% of all articles from the included journals). Western Europe exceeds all world regions in research production for the period studied (34.8% of total articles), with USA ranking second (19.9%), and Latin America & the Caribbean ranking third (17.2%). The mean impact factor in articles published in Parasitology journals was highest for the USA (1.88). Oceania ranked first in research productivity when adjustments for both the gross national income per capita (GNIPC) and population were made. Eastern Europe almost tripled the production of articles from only 1.9% of total production in 1995 to 4.3% in 2003. Similarly, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia doubled their production. However, the absolute and relative production by some developing areas, including Africa, is still very low, despite the fact that parasitic diseases are major public health problems in these areas. Our data suggest that more help should be provided by the developed nations to developing areas for improvement of the infrastructure of research.