ABS:Mela, Impact assessment of oncology research...

[Gretchen Whitney]

TITLE:          Impact assessment of oncology research in the European
                Union (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Mela, GS; Cimmino, MA; Ugolini, D
SOURCE:         EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER 35 (8). AUG 1999. p.1182-1186
                PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD

SEARCH TERM(S):  CJ SCIENTOMETRICS; AK BIBLIOMETR/; CA GARFIELD E

KEYWORDS:       neoplasms; bibliometrics; Europe
KEYWORDS+:       CITATION ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS;
BIBLIOMETRIC
                ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; PERIOD

ABSTRACT:       In this study the distribution of papers published by
authors from the European Union (EU) in oncological journals was
analysed, as was the impact of oncological research in the EU compared
with that produced in other countries. Papers published during 1995 in
the oncological journals listed by ISI (Institute for Scientific
Information, Philadelphia, U.S.A.) were downloaded. The parameters of
impact factor (IF), source country population and gross domestic product
(GDP) were considered. An analysis of the key words, both those reported
by the authors and those attributed by ISI, was carried out using a
special purpose program. 36.5% of papers published in oncological
journals come from the EU (the U.K., Italy, Germany and France ranking
at
the top) and 40.7% from the U.S.A. The mean IF was 2.4 for EU papers,
3.3
for the US and 2.4 for other countries. Our data confirm that smaller
countries performed better than larger ones. The key words analysis
shows
that the leading fields of research were breast cancer for diseases,
cisplatin for drugs and p53 for experimental studies. A standardisation
of key words on behalf of journal editors is proposed., (C) 1999
Elsevier
Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Ugolini, Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Oncol Clin &
                Sperimentale, Ctr Documentaz, Largo R Benzi 10, I-16132
                Genoa, Italy

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