Santori, G; Valente, R; Ghirelli, R; Valente, U SITF Project Evaluation of research products released during a national project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 40 (6): 1820-1822 JUL-AUG 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: gregorio.santori at gmail.com 

Author(s): Santori, G (Santori, G.); Valente, R (Valente, R.); Ghirelli, R 
(Ghirelli, R.); Valente, U (Valente, U.) 

Group Author(s): SITF Project 

Title: Evaluation of research products released during a national project 
funded by the Italian Ministry of Health 

Source: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 40 (6): 1820-1822 JUL-AUG 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Keywords Plus: LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION; NETWORK; EXPAND; POOL 

Abstract: Evaluation of research products released during activities that 
have received public funds should be a mandatory practice. In this study, 
we evaluated the research products released during the research 
program "Innovative Strategies to Expand Cadaveric Donor Pool for Liver 
Transplantation" (SITF Project), funded by the Italian Ministry of Health. 
The SITF Project prefigured the participation of Italian transplantation 
centers with more advanced experience in the field of liver 
transplantation. The research products released during the SITF Project 
were evaluated according to Guidelines for Research Evaluation of the 
Committee for Evaluation of Research (CIVR) from the Italian Ministry of 
Education, University and Research. Thus, we considered as the research 
products released during the SITF Project the number of articles published 
in English language in peer-reviewed scientific journals by each operative 
unit (OU), as returned by PubMed. The articles were included on the basis 
of relationship with the research lines of the SITF Project and 
availability of the impact factor (IF) calculated by Thomson Scientific 
for each journal. Following these criteria, 62 research products were 
released during the executive phase of the SITF Project (January 1, 2004-
December 31, 2005). All research products were original articles, with no 
reviews or letters. The articles were published in 10 different scientific 
journals (mean IF, 2.64 +/- 1.74). Spearman's rank test found a weak 
negative correlation between journal IF and number of published articles 
(r = -.2919; P = .413). Although the OU involved in the coordination of 
the SITF Project released a relatively high number of articles (n = 8; IF, 
0.923 +/- 0.352), several other OUs obtained better results for number of 
articles (9-11) and/or IF (3.071 +/- 2.248 or 2.959 +/- 1.779). In 
projects that benefit from public funds, the potential negative impact of 
coordination activities to scientific production should be adequately 
considered.
 
Addresses: San Martino Univ Hosp, Dept Transplantat, I-16132 Genoa, Italy 

Reprint Address: Santori, G, San Martino Univ Hosp, Dept Transplantat, L 
Go R Benzi 10, I-16132 Genoa, Italy. 

E-mail Address: gregorio.santori at gmail.com 

Cited Reference Count: 7 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC 

Publisher Address: 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA 

ISSN: 0041-1345 

DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.017 

29-char Source Abbrev.: TRANSPLANT PROC 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Transplant. Proc. 

Source Item Page Count: 3 

Subject Category: Immunology; Surgery; Transplantation 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 340FG 

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