Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain

This paper characterises scientific output in biomedicine in Andalusia, and Spain as a whole, and conduct a first-time comparison to Europe- and world-wide production. The data were extracted from the Scopus database. Three families of indicators are explored to analyse research quantity, quality an...

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Authors: Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida, López-Illescas, Carmen, Moya Anegón, Félix de
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63796
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bibliometrics
Heliocentric Collaboration Networks
Biomedicine
Andalusia
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Publication Patterns
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spelling Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, SpainChinchilla-Rodríguez, ZaidaLópez-Illescas, CarmenMoya Anegón, Félix deBibliometricsHeliocentric Collaboration NetworksBiomedicineAndalusiaSCImago Journal & Country RankPublication PatternsThis paper characterises scientific output in biomedicine in Andalusia, and Spain as a whole, and conduct a first-time comparison to Europe- and world-wide production. The data were extracted from the Scopus database. Three families of indicators are explored to analyse research quantity, quality and collaboration. The results show an upward trend on biomedical output in Andalusia. Over 50 % was in clinical medicine, whose growth doubled the basic medicine. We found greater than nationwide specialisation in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, immunology and microbiology, and pharmacology, while psychology proved to be the most prominent emerging area. The publication in most cited journals together with national and international collaboration enhanced research visibility. More citable papers were published on basic than clinical medicine, and the number of citations received by the former was also larger. The higher citation rate in basic medicine may also be explained by the bigger percentage of papers published in international instead domestic journals. Hence, publication patterns would appear to affect research visibility. The methodology proposed may provide guidance for public policy makers to improve, encourage and intensify good biomedical research practice.The present study was funded by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in the framework of the project entitled “Generation of scientometric tools for the analysis of scientific collaboration” (CISC intramural project 200810I210).Peer reviewedCentro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida [0000-0002-1608-4478]López-Illescas, Carmen [0000-0001-9918-4978]Moya Anegón, Félix de [0000-0002-0255-8628]201320132012info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63796reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://acimed.sld.cu/index.php/acimed/article/view/321/245info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/637962026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
title Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
spellingShingle Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida
Bibliometrics
Heliocentric Collaboration Networks
Biomedicine
Andalusia
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Publication Patterns
title_short Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
title_full Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
title_fullStr Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
title_sort Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida
López-Illescas, Carmen
Moya Anegón, Félix de
author Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida
author_facet Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida
López-Illescas, Carmen
Moya Anegón, Félix de
author_role author
author2 López-Illescas, Carmen
Moya Anegón, Félix de
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida [0000-0002-1608-4478]
López-Illescas, Carmen [0000-0001-9918-4978]
Moya Anegón, Félix de [0000-0002-0255-8628]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bibliometrics
Heliocentric Collaboration Networks
Biomedicine
Andalusia
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Publication Patterns
topic Bibliometrics
Heliocentric Collaboration Networks
Biomedicine
Andalusia
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Publication Patterns
description This paper characterises scientific output in biomedicine in Andalusia, and Spain as a whole, and conduct a first-time comparison to Europe- and world-wide production. The data were extracted from the Scopus database. Three families of indicators are explored to analyse research quantity, quality and collaboration. The results show an upward trend on biomedical output in Andalusia. Over 50 % was in clinical medicine, whose growth doubled the basic medicine. We found greater than nationwide specialisation in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, immunology and microbiology, and pharmacology, while psychology proved to be the most prominent emerging area. The publication in most cited journals together with national and international collaboration enhanced research visibility. More citable papers were published on basic than clinical medicine, and the number of citations received by the former was also larger. The higher citation rate in basic medicine may also be explained by the bigger percentage of papers published in international instead domestic journals. Hence, publication patterns would appear to affect research visibility. The methodology proposed may provide guidance for public policy makers to improve, encourage and intensify good biomedical research practice.
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