Do networking centres perform better? An exploratory analysis in Psychiatry and Gastroenterology/Hepatology in Spain

Abstract

Science has become progressively more complex, requiring greater integration and collaboration between individuals, institutions and areas. Networking research establishes common rules and offers a suitable framework for this cooperation. Therefore, it is a good choice for both scientists and policy-makers. The objective of this study is to know whether the scientists perform better within these structures than outside them. As an example, we analysed the Biomedical Research Networking Centres in Spain and, for the exploratory investigation, we selected two disciplines (Psychiatry and Gastroenterology/Hepatology). The results showed that in every situation of networking research there were higher collaboration and impact rates. Furthermore, the main differences found between disciplines were related to the scope of cooperation, carried out at a more local level in Gastroenterology/Hepatology. Besides, HJ-Biplot technique allowed us to conclude that the outcomes may vary somewhat depending on the types of centres where the scientists work. Although further investigation is needed, the findings of this study might anticipate possible scenarios in which networking research could be the most natural way of collaboration.

How is credit given to networking centres in their publications? A case study of the Spanish CIBER research structures

“…A high level of activity of CIBER structures has been previously described in these two selected fields (Morillo et al 2014), thus ensuring we would have an appropriate number of publications to draw valid conclusions. Accordingly, all the Spanish WoS publications in Gastroenterology/Hepatology and Psychiatry during the period 2008-2011 were collected.…”

“…In the two disciplines, all publications with a CIBER affiliation or a variant form were identified based on our previous methodology (Morillo et al 2014). For the identification of institutions, we used a previously developed application, which analyses detailed institutional data and gives optional codes to each address using the information from various master lists (Morillo et al 2013).…”

“…• CIBER_address: all publications detected through the affiliation section (as in Morillo et al 2014). • CIBER_funding: all publications detected through the funding acknowledgements section.…”

“…In a previous paper (Morillo et al 2014), publications produced by CIBER research structures in two specific fields were identified and analysed based only on their addresses. In that study, it was pointed out that their identification was very complex, particularly given the diversity of the network participants.…”

Benefit of ancillary data acquired at the cooperative level to study soil type and climatic zone influence on berry composition: a case study in Rioja appellation

“…The Biplot techniques has been widely applied in many studies; as examples of application of HJBiplot to wine data sets: Santos et al (1991); RivasGonzalo et al (1993), and in other fields, for example, Fernández-Gómez et al (1996); GallegoÁlvarez et al (2013); Morillo et al (2014); Hernández et al (2014), among others.…”