Bibliometric overview of public health research in Europe.

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A bibliometric overview of public health research in Europe.
A Clarke, M Gatineau, O Grimaud, S Royer-Devaux, N Wyn-Roberts, I Le
Bis, and G Lewison
Eur J Public Health, January 1, 2007; 17 Suppl 1: 43-9. 

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BACKGROUND: Our aim, within the collaborative study SPHERE
(Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe), was to produce a
bibliometric overview of public health research literature for Europe.
METHODS: A search strategy ('filter') was designed to interrogate the
Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Science Citation Index
(SSCI) databases for research articles published between 01/01/1995 and
31/12/2004 in any language. We analysed output for country by
population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), burden of disease using DALYs,
and language. RESULTS: Overlap between the two databases SCI and SSCI
was 35%. 210,433 publications were identified after duplicates were
removed, a world total of about 20,000 per year. Approximately 7,000
papers per year were produced in Europe and 9,400 by the USA. Thirteen
of 28 individual European countries produced more than 100 public health
papers per year. Publications per capita were highest in northern
European countries. In multiple regression analyses, GDP was a modest
predictor (r(2) = 0.53, P < 0.02) of publications for European
countries, while population size and disability adjusted life years were
not significantly related. Smaller countries and lower producers of
public health research were more likely to collaborate with other
countries. Of the publications, 3.5% were published in a non-English
language, with German the most common. CONCLUSION: There is marked
variation in public health publication by country in Europe. Eastern and
southern European countries appear to under-invest in public health
research compared with northern European countries and compared to
relative health need. 

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