ABS:Kolbitsch, National publication output in medical research

[Gretchen Whitney]

Author(s):  Kolbitsch C; Balogh D; Hauffe H; Lockinger A; Benzer A
Title:  National publication output in medical research
Source:  ANASTHESIOLOGIE INTENSIVMEDIZIN NOTFALLMEDIZIN SCHMERZTHERAPIE
1999, Vol 34, Iss 4, pp 214-217
Addresses:  Kolbitsch C, Univ Innsbruck Hosp, Dept Anesthesia, Anichstr
35,
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Innsbruck Univ Lib, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Abstract:  Objective: Both the total number of publications and the number
of publications in high-ranking journals determine a country's reputation
in scientific research. A predominance of national authors in a country's
international high-ranking journals has occasionally been presumed. We
therefore analysed the publication output of various countries and the
proportion of national authors in international high-ranking journals.
Methods: The database EMBASE(R) (Excerpta Medical by means of the online
service Dialog(R) was used to analyse the national publication output of
various countries during the years 1986 to 1990 and 1991 to 1995 and the
proportion of national authors in The Lancet and The New England journal
of Medicine (NEJM.). Results: American and British publications played the
leading roles in the total number of medical publications from 1986 to
1990 (35.6 % and 8.8 %, respectively) and also from 1991 to 1995 (34.3 %
and 9.1 %, respectively). A more detailed analysis revealed an
unexpectedly high national publication output (publications per million
inhabitants) of smaller countries, which exceeded that of larger nations
during both periods studied (national publication output 1986-90 vs.
1991-95: Israel: (3386 vs. 3447), Sweden: (3303 vs. 3620), Switzerland:
(2930 vs. 3722), Denmark: (2884 vs. 3167), UK: (2186 vs. 2825), USA: (2042
vs. 2388)). Furthermore, the proportion of national authors during both
periods (1986-90 vs. 1991-95) studied was 41.8% vs. 34.1 % in the case of
The Lancet and 77.9 % vs. 69.5 % in the case of The New England journal of
Medicine. Conclusions:The present study found an unexpectedly high
national publication output of smaller countries as well as a clearly
disproportionate number of published articles from national authors in The
Lancet and the NEJM during the years 1986 to 1990 and 1991 to 1995.

Source item page count:  4
Publication Date:  APR
IDS No.:  195PB
29-char source abbrev:  ANASTHESIOL INTENS N


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