A Bibliometric Analysis of an International Research Ethics Trainee Program

Abstract

we used bibliometric analysis to evaluate the citations associated with publications by trainees in the Fogarty International Center's Inter national Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development program. Papers published between 2004 and 2008 were identified for analysis. The outcome mea sures were total citations, hindex, and i10. A total of 328 manuscripts were identified, with a yearly average of 66 publications and 363 citations. The median number of citations per paper is 3 (IQR Q1-Q3:6). 12.6% (n = 53) of papers were cited over 10 times and the hindex is 22, indicating that 22 papers had been cited at least 22 times. The data indicate that trainees have been productive and contributed to the scholarly literature. Future studies to benchmark this performance with other bioethics edu cation programs are required to make interpretation of citation analysis more meaningful.

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“…Many programs reported that their trainees have published work in refereed journals; more detail of this is provided elsewhere (Kass, Hyder, & Ali, 2013; Fix et al, 2013). Some programs have also published papers that describe their specific accomplishments and challenges (Ali et al, 2012; Hyder et al, 2007; Upshur, 2008; Meslin, Were, & Ayuku, 2013).…”

“…Ongoing and detailed follow-up of trainees and their career paths is required to inform current and future training programs, In addition, all trainees in externally funded training programs should be required to publish work on issues relevant to their training and research ethics practices or environment, to continue the building of Africa-based research ethics knowledge and scholarship that the nine FIC programs described in this paper have significantly accelerated (see Fix et al, 2013). Attention also needs to be paid to identifying, developing, and describing possible career paths for research ethics graduates because research ethics remains a “part-time” commitment in many African settings.…”

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