Sanchez-Carbonell X, Guardiola E, Belles A, Beranuy M "European Union scientific production on alcohol and drug misuse (1976-2000) " ADDICTION 100 (8): 1166-1174 AUG 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: 
Xavier Sanchez-Carbonell : xaviersc at blanquerna.url.es 

Title: European Union scientific production on alcohol and drug misuse 
(1976-2000) 

Author(s): Sanchez-Carbonell X, Guardiola E, Belles A, Beranuy M 

Source: ADDICTION 100 (8): 1166-1174 AUG 2005 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 39      Times Cited: 1    
      
Abstract: 
Backgrounds Alcohol and drug misuse is a social and health phenomenon of 
great relevance in the European Union (EU). One indicator of scientific 
production in a given area is the analysis of publications included in 
bibliographic databases. Scientific production on alcohol and drug misuse 
was analysed in EU member countries, and comparisons were made between 
countries. 

Methods Analysis of articles on alcohol and drug misuse published during 
the period 1976-2000 by institutions based in a country of the EU, indexed 
by PsycINFO.

Results A total of 4825 citations was retrieved. Great Britain published 
38.6%, while Sweden, Germany and Spain accounted for a further 30%. The 
articles dealt with drug and alcohol usage (12.8%), substance abuse 
(53.5%) and drug and alcohol rehabilitation (34.5%). The articles were 
published in 13 different languages, more than three-quarters being in 
English. Spanish was the second language, and was followed by French, 
German, Dutch and Italian. The articles were published in 521 different 
journals, and 62 of these published more than 10 articles. The journals 
publishing most were Addiction, Alcohol and Alcoholism and Drug and 
Alcohol Dependence. Sixty-eight per cent of the articles were signed by 
more than one author, and the index of collaboration, between 1996 and 
2000, was 3.24.

Discussions and conclusions PsycINFO is useful for making comparisons 
between countries, because it includes the name and country of the 
institution. The number of publications in the EU on alcohol and drug 
misuse increased over the quarter-century analysed. The most used language 
was English, as it also is for PsycINFO as a whole, and a tendency towards 
its increased use was observed. Classification of the articles by subject 
by the Classification Code is too general, and makes it difficult to 
distinguish between the areas it proposes. Production tends to be 
concentrated in journals dealing specifically with drug dependence and 
psychiatry. The index of collaboration is similar to that found in other 
scientific areas.


Addresses: Sanchez-Carbonell X (reprint author), Univ Ramon Llull, Fac 
Psicol Ciencies Educ & Esport Blanquerna, Cister 34, Barcelona, 08022 Spain
Univ Ramon Llull, Fac Psicol Ciencies Educ & Esport Blanquerna, Barcelona, 
08022 Spain
Quim Farmaceut Bayer, R&D Dept, Unit Med Informat & Documentat, Barcelona, 
Spain 

E-mail Addresses: xaviersc at blanquerna.url.es 

Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, 
ENGLAND 

Subject Category: SUBSTANCE ABUSE; PSYCHIATRY 
IDS Number: 949FC 
ISSN: 0965-2140 


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