Differences in citation rates by country of origin for papers published in top-ranked medical journals: do they reflect inequalities in access to publication?

Akre, Olof; Barone-Adesi, Francesco; Pettersson, Andreas; Pearce, Neil; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo

doi:10.1136/jech.2009.088690

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“…Only outstanding work is likely to be submitted to a top-ranked journal. 18 This may partly explain the highest mean citations for some smaller European countries. Linguistic factors may also have an important influence.…”

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“…European authors may have to pass a higher "scientific quality" threshold because of language barriers. 18 In addition, a better utilization of resources and a higher proportion of the GDP assigned to research may help these smaller countries to perform better than larger countries, when the quality of the scientific publications is considered. 19,20 The United States was the most productive country in the top 4 journals, comprising Arthroscopy, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and The Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryeAmerican Volume.…”

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Worldwide Research Productivity in the Field of Arthroscopy: A Bibliometric Analysis

Liang

Luo

Gong

et al. 2015

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery

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confidence: 98%

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confidence: 99%

Worldwide Research Productivity in the Field of Arthroscopy: A Bibliometric Analysis

Liang

Luo

Gong

et al. 2015

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery

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“…In addition, when using mean citation values to assess the quality of publications, Sweden ranked first. The production of high quality publications from smaller European countries may be due to the following reasons: i) European researchers typically submit their studies to domestic journals, and only outstanding research is likely to be submitted to high impact journals (12), ii) language barriers require European research to be of higher quality (7,12) and iii) higher quality resources may improve research quality (13). The United States was most productive in three of the top five journals, namely JOT, CORR, JBJS Am.…”

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Worldwide research productivity in fracture surgery: A 10-year survey of publication activity

Sun

Ren

et al. 2017

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

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Abstract. Worldwide research contributions have allowed the field of fracture surgery to progress. However, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have documented the main characteristics of publications from different countries. The present study aimed to determine the quantity and quality of worldwide research in fracture surgery. The Web of Science database was searched to identify fracture articles published between 2005 and 2014. The contributions of countries were evaluated based on paper and citation numbers, and the research output of each country was adjusted according to population size.

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“…In particular, there should be national funding allocated to research and better career opportunities and research and language training for local health sciences researchers. International journals could also be more open to publishing research from LMICs [31,32]. …”

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Gaps between research and public health priorities in low income countries: evidence from a systematic literature review focused on Cambodia

Goyet

Touch

et al. 2015

Implementation Sci

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BackgroundEvidence-based public health requires that research provides policymakers with reliable and accessible information reflecting the disease threats. We described the scientific production of research in Cambodia and assessed to what extent it provides appropriate insights and implications for practice to guide health policymakers and managers and knowledge relevant for translation.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review of scientific articles published on biomedical research in Cambodia. Regression analysis assessed the trends over time and factors associated with actionable messages in the articles’ abstracts.ResultsFrom 2000 to 2012, 628 articles were published in 237 journals with a significant increase over time (from 0.6/million population to 5.9/million population, slope coefficient 7.6, 95% CI 6.5–8.7, p < 0.001). Most publications on diseases addressed communicable diseases (n = 410, 65.3%). Non-communicable diseases (NCD) were under-addressed (7.7% of all publications) considering their burden (34.5% of the disease burden). Of all articles, 67.8% reported descriptive studies and 4.3% reported studies with a high level of evidence; 27.4% of studies were led by an institution based in Cambodia. Factors associated with an actionable message (n = 73, 26.6%) were maternal health (OR 3.08, 95% CI 1.55–6.13, p = 0.001), the first author’s institution being Cambodian (OR 1.78, 95% CI 1.06–2.98, p = 0.02) and a free access to full article (OR 3.07, 95% CI 1.08–8.70, p = 0.03). Of all articles, 87% (n = 546) were accessible in full text from Cambodia.ConclusionsScientific publications do not fully match with health priorities. Gaps remain regarding NCD, implementation studies, and health system research. A health research agenda would help align research with health priorities. We recommend 1) that the health authorities create an online repository of research findings with abstracts in the local language; 2) that academics emphasize the importance of research in their university teaching; and 3) that the researcher teams involve local researchers and that they systematically provide a translation of their abstracts upon submission to a journal. We conclude that building the bridge between research and public health requires a willful, comprehensive strategy rather than relying solely only publications.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13012-015-0217-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Differences in citation rates by country of origin for papers published in top-ranked medical journals: do they reflect inequalities in access to publication?

Abstract: Papers from different countries published in the same journal have different citation rates. This may reflect difficulties for researchers from some countries to publish their research in leading medical journals.

Cited by 35 publications

References 17 publications

Worldwide Research Productivity in the Field of Arthroscopy: A Bibliometric Analysis

Worldwide Research Productivity in the Field of Arthroscopy: A Bibliometric Analysis

Worldwide research productivity in fracture surgery: A 10-year survey of publication activity

Gaps between research and public health priorities in low income countries: evidence from a systematic literature review focused on Cambodia

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