Cami, J; Sunen-Pinol, E; Mendez-Vazquez, R "Bibliometric map of Spain 1994-2002: biomedicine and health sciences" MEDICINA CLINICA 124 (3). JAN 2 2005. p.93-101 EDICIONESDOYMA S.L Barcelona

[Eugene Garfield]

Jordi Cami : e-mail: jcami at imim.es

TITLE:          Bibliometric map of Spain 1994-2002: biomedicine and
                health sciences (Article, Spanish)

AUTHOR:         Cami, J; Sunen-Pinol, E; Mendez-Vazquez, R
SOURCE:         MEDICINA CLINICA 124 (3). JAN 2 2005. p.93-101 EDICIONES
                DOYMA S/L, BARCELONA

ABSTRACT:       BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The present study is a 1994-
2002 update of the Spanish biomedical bibliometric map that follows other
reports already published in MEDICINA CUNICA concerning the previous
periods 1986-1989 and 1990-1993.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: The results are restricted to citable documents,
items that were classified in 70 categories according to 1996 JCR.
Bibliometric analysis was based on simple (number of documents and number
of received citations) and composite indicators (international
collaboration, or percent of non cited documents).

RESULTS: Spain occupies the eleventh place in the world, and the seventh
place among the European countries. Despite Spanish contribution to the
world biomedical production is 2.4 % it accounts for only 1.8 % of the
whole citations. Spanish health sector is responsible for nearly the half
of the total biomedical output. The 24.8 % of documents are published in
international collaboration, a proportion that accumulates the 45.5 % of
biomedical citations received. Catalonia stands out for its clinical
research profile, Madrid for its CSIC high density centres while
Andalusia and Valencia for their activity from university sector.

CONCLUSIONS: Although the sustained growth in the number of documents,
the ratio of citations per document remains below the international
average. Despite of the international publication is greater than the
world average, it remains under the European countries average. The
analysis of the geographical and centre documents distribution shows a
similar structure of biomedical scientific system when compared to
preceding analyses, nevertheless with better results.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Cami, Dr Aiguader 80, Barcelona 08003, Spain


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