%0 Journal Article
%T Biomedical scientific publication patterns in the Scopus database: a case study of Andalusia, Spain Patrones de publicaci¨®n cient¨ªfica en Biomedicina en la base de datos Scopus: Un caso de estudio de Andaluc¨ªa, Espa a
%A Zaida Chinchilla-Rodr¨ªguez
%A Carmen L¨®pez-Illescas
%A F¨¦lix Moya-Aneg¨®n
%J ACIMED
%D 2012
%I Centro Nacional de Informaci¨®n de Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X 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. Este trabajo presenta una caracterizaci¨®n bibliom¨¦trica de la producci¨®n cient¨ªfica biom¨¦dica en Andaluc¨ªa y Espa a durante la d¨¦cada 1996-2007, compar¨¢ndola por primera vez a nivel europeo y mundial. El an¨¢lisis se ha realizado con los datos procedentes del ¨ªndice multidisciplinar de citas Scopus, que duplica en volumen a los ¨ªndices Thomson Reuters. Se exploran tres bloques de indicadores bibliom¨¦tricos para el an¨¢lisis de la dimensi¨®n cuantitativa, cualitativa y colaborativa. Los resultados han revelado una tasa de crecimiento de la investigaci¨®n en Andaluc¨ªa del 124 % frente al 97 % nacional, principalmente en el campo de la Medicina B¨¢sica m¨¢s que en la Cl¨ªnica. Tambi¨¦n se ha detectado una mayor especializaci¨®n tem¨¢tica con respecto a Espa a en Bioqu¨ªmica, Gen¨¦tica y Biolog¨ªa Molecular, en Inmunolog¨ªa y Microbiolog¨ªa y finalmente en Farmacolog¨ªa, mientras que Psicolog¨ªa destaca como el ¨¢rea m¨¢s claramente emergente. La publicaci¨®n de una mayor cantidad de documentos citables, la publicaci¨®n en revistas nacionales y la colaboraci¨®n internacional influyen en la visibilidad de la investigaci¨®n. Por tanto, los patrones de publicaci¨®n parecen estar influyendo en su visibilidad. La metodolog¨ªa propuesta proporciona una bater¨ªa de indicadores y representaciones gr¨¢ficas que permiten
%K bibliometr¨ªa
%K biomedicina
%K Andaluc¨ªa
%K Espa a
%K SCImago Journal & Country Rank
%K patrones de publicaci¨®n
%K Colaboraci¨®n Helioc¨¦ntrica Networks
%K bibliometrics
%K biomedicine
%K Andalusia
%K Spain
%K SCImago Journal & Country Rank
%K publication patterns
%K Heliocentric Collaboration Networks
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