Falagas ME, Michalopoulos AS , Bliziotis IA, Soteriades ES, "A bibliometric analysis by geographic area of published research in several biomedical fields, 1995-2003 " CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 175 (11): 1389-1390 NOV 21 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: m.falagas at aibs.gr

Title: A bibliometric analysis by geographic area of published research in 
several biomedical fields, 1995-2003 

Author(s): Falagas ME (Falagas, Matthew E.), Michalopoulos AS 
(Michalopoulos, Argyris S.), Bliziotis IA (Bliziotis, Ioannis A.), 
Soteriades ES (Soteriades, Elpidoforos S.) 

Source: CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 175 (11): 1389-1390 NOV 21 
2006 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 14      Times Cited: 0        

Abstract: We summarized the findings of several studies of ours to compare 
the quantity and quality of published research from around the world for 
the years 1995 to 2003. We evaluated the number of articles published and 
their mean journal impact factor. We also studied the research 
productivity of various areas adjusted for gross domestic product (GDP) 
and population. We found that Western Europe leads the world in published 
research on infectious diseases-microbiology (82 342 articles [38.8%]) and 
in cardiopulmonary medicine (67 783 articles [39.5%]), whereas the United 
States ranks first in the fields of preventive medicine, public health and 
epidemiology both in quantity (23 918 articles [49.1%]) and quality of 
published papers. However, after adjustments for GDP, Canada ranked first, 
with the United States and Oceania following closely behind. All of the 
developing regions had only small research contributions in all of the 
biomedical fields examined. 


Addresses: Falagas ME (reprint author), Alfa Inst Biomed Sci, 9 Neapoleos 
St, Athens 15123, Greece
Alfa Inst Biomed Sci, Athens 15123, Greece
Henry Dunant Hosp, Dept Med, Athens, Greece
Henry Dunant Hosp, Intens Care Unit, Athens, Greece
Tufts Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Medford, MA 02155 USA
Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Environm Hlth, Occupat Hlth Program, 
Boston, MA 02115 USA

E-mail Addresses: m.falagas at aibs.gr 

Publisher: CMA MEDIA INC, 1867 ALTA VISTA DR, OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1G 3Y6, 
CANADA 
Subject Category: Medicine, General & Internal 
IDS Number: 104LY 

ISSN: 0820-3946

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