Influence of local and regional publications in the production of public health research papers in Latin America

Macías-Chapula, César A.

doi:10.1007/s11192-009-0153-4

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“…The first bibliometric studies on public health in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) also applied a descriptive approach, whereas more recent studies identify factors associated with production and collaboration at the country or institutional level. Macías-Chapula (8, 13 – 15), a prolific bibliometric studies researcher, examined visibility and online access to public health research results in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico using data extracted from the LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, PAHO/WHO, São Paulo, Brazil) and MEDLINE ® (U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States) databases (15). He found that only 6 of 30 health science descriptors emerged as relevant for the analyzed countries in both databases: health services accessibility, health care reform, decentralization, health systems, consumer participation, and financing.…”

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Stability and change in public health studies in Colombia and Mexico: an exploratory approach based on co-word analysis

Vílchez‐Román

Quiliano-Terreros

2018

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Review Suggested citationVílchez-Román C, Quiliano-Terreros R. Stability and change in public health studies in Colombia and Mexico: an exploratory approach based on co-word analysis. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2018;42:e35. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.35 The World Health Organization defines the concept of public health as, "all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole…to provide conditions in which people can be healthy, and focus on entire populations, not on individual patients or diseases"(1). Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have undertaken significant advances in reducing mortality and morbidity rates by applying effective strategies for improving public health (2 -4). However, significant challenges remain due to the increasing prevalence 2005 -2007, 2008 -2010, and 2011 -2013 2005 -2010, as evidenced by the correlation coefficients for two of the 3-year periods, 2005 and 2008-2010: 0.545 for RSP and 0.593 for SPM. However, in 2008-2013, more keywords remained constant from one period to the next, given the size of the correlation coefficients for the last 3-year periods: 2008 -2010 and 2011 -2013: 0.727 . Co-word analysis was used to examine keywords extracted. Textual information was analyzed using centrality measures (inbetweenness and closeness). The hypothesis of stability/change of thematic coverage was tested using the Spearman's rho correlation coefficient. VOSviewer was used to visualize the co-word maps. Results. A moderate level of change in thematic coverage was observed in

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Section: Bibliometric Studies On Public Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stability and change in public health studies in Colombia and Mexico: an exploratory approach based on co-word analysis

Vílchez‐Román

Quiliano-Terreros

2018

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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“…Bibliometric methods are frequently used to describe and assess the research capacity of countries and regions [2,3]. In Latin America, for example, regional studies have been performed to assess the region’s research on AIDS [4,5] public health and health policy [6,7,8,9], general medical sciences [10], and all areas of scientific research [11,12]. Specific country-level analyses and comparisons have been performed to assess all scientific research in Brazil [13], health policy in Mexico, Chile, and Argentina (9) and biotechnology in Colombia [14].…”

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The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis

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Objective In Peru, the past three decades have witnessed impressive growth in biomedical research catalyzed from a single research university and its investigators who secured international partnerships and funding. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of publications by Peruvian authors to understand the roots of this growth and the spread of research networks within the country. Methods For 1997–2016, publications from Web of Science with at least one author affiliated with a Peruvian institution were examined by year, author affiliations, funding agencies, co-authorship linkages, and research topics. Results From 1997–2016, the annual number of publications from Peru increased 9-fold from 75 to 672 totaling 6032. Of these, 56% of the articles had co-authors from the US, 13% from the UK, 12% from Brazil, and 10% from Spain. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) was clearly the lead research institution noted on one-third of publications. Of the 20 most published authors, 15 were Peruvians, 14 trained at some point at UPCH, and 13 received advanced training abroad. Plotting co-authorships documented the growth of institutional collaborations, the robust links between investigators and some lineages of mentorship. Conclusions This analysis suggests that international training of Peruvian physician-scientists who built and sustained longstanding international partnerships with funding accelerated quality research on diseases of local importance. The role of a single research university, UPCH, was critical to advance a culture of biomedical research. Increased funding from the Peruvian Government and its Council for Science, Technology and Innovation will be needed to sustain this growth in the future. Middle-income countries might consider the Peruvian experience where long-term research and training partnerships yielded impressive advances to address key health priorities of the country.

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“…In spite of their relevance, studies about the use of these new indicators to analyze the behavior of Latin American scientific journals are still scarce. Most of the bibliometric studies of Latin American journals use Thomson Reuters' citation indexes as data sources Collazo-Reyes, Luna-Morales, Russell, & Perez-Angon, 2008;Gomez, Sancho, Moreno & Fernandez, 1999;Macias-Chapula, 2010;Torricella-Morales, Van Hooydonk & Araujo-Ruiz, 2000).…”

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Elsevier´s journal metrics for the identification of a mainstream journals core : a case study on Mexico

Jorge¹,

Villaseñor²,

Lozano-Díaz³

et al. 2016

LIBRES

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Background. Over the past four decades there have been considerable arguments against the arbitrary use of Garfield's Impact Factor in research evaluation. Over the past decade, the emergence of databases with considerable breadth of coverage, such as Scopus and Google Scholar, together with the general demand for greater accuracy in journal assessments, has motivated the emergence of alternative journal indicators. However, the study of Latin American journals using these quantitative measures is still scarce. Objectives. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the use of advanced bibliometric indicators to analyze the performance of scientific journals, and to identify a mainstream journals core in national and regional contexts. Methods. Thomson Reuters' Journal Citation Report and Elsevier's Journal Metrics were used as information sources. Four bibliometric indicators were selected to identify clusters of high-visibility journals: Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, Source Normalized Impact per Paper, and SCImago Journal Rank. A Self-Organizing Map (SOM) based artificial intelligence method to identify a mainstream journals core was also used. Mexican serials were selected for the case study. Results. The coverage of Mexican journals in Web of Science and Scopus during the period 2004-2013 was studied. The performance of Mexican scientific journals was also evaluated. Mexican journal rankings based on Scopus-based metrics versus Web of Science-based metrics were compared.

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Influence of local and regional publications in the production of public health research papers in Latin America

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Stability and change in public health studies in Colombia and Mexico: an exploratory approach based on co-word analysis

Stability and change in public health studies in Colombia and Mexico: an exploratory approach based on co-word analysis

The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis

Elsevier´s journal metrics for the identification of a mainstream journals core : a case study on Mexico

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