Evidence Based Morphology; Quo Vadis?

Galdames, Iván Suazo

doi:10.4067/s0717-95022013000400060

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“…Thus, this journal with only 3 citable items has 51 cites in 2014 (specifically of their two reviews published in 2012), obtaining a high IF and first location in IF ranking; but the low number of citable items despite ranking 20th by ES. By another hand, IF depends on dynamics (expansion or contraction) of the research field, and small research fields tend to lack journals with high impact, as in anatomy and morphology (Galdames, 2013), where his interest is primary to anatomists, or some clinicians, but not for extensive research fields or other basic sciences, which have large numbers of researchers and many journals where they can be cited the contributions of morphological sciences. However, it is very contradictory to know that is an entirely different group of the most downloaded and read articles, which tend to be clinical reports and technique articles that do not get cited as often (Rosenstiel, 2015).…”

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Comparison between Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and SCImago Journal Rank Indicator in Anatomy and Morphology Journals

2015

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Comparison between Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and SCImago Journal Rank Indicator in Anatomy and Morphology Journals

2015

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“…This can play an important role in the current morphology discussion about what is the better evidence to help understand the human body. 46,47 Perhaps one of the most subtle aspects, potentially applicable to the informational explanation, is its consideration as a matrix that interprets or explains, in other forms, the actual scientific knowledge. For example, it recognizes that cadaver dissection plays an important role in the training of a doctor, [48][49][50][51] hence in a complementary way we can note that the informational explanation of the human body reinforces the passage from comprehension of the corpse to the living human being (patient), above all the neuropsychological limits.…”

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An informational sociobiological explanation of the constitution of the human body

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Background: Pedro Ortiz (1933-2011), in the latest four decades of his life, developed the Informational Sociobiological Theory (IST) in a university teaching context that became the foundation of post-grade studies in neuroscience in Peru. The IST looks for a totality explanation of the phenomena of the universe proposes an explanation of the constitution of the human body. In what consist this explanation of the configuration of the human body? Methods: A bibliographical qualitative study was conducted starting from primary documental sources. It was considered among the sources, all related to the editorial project Books of Social Psychobiologic (elaborated by Ortiz during the first decade of this age). The results have been presented across a conceptual analysis, narrative and graphic, oriented to expose Ortiz’ ideas in relation to the human body’s morphology. Results: The structural architecture of the human body, and in particular in one person; shows five levels of complexity which begins in cells, the intercellular matrix, the neural system, the paleocortical psyche, and neocortical psyche. In this involve explanation, the organs of the body are essentially tissue systems, and are integrated (subsumed) at the neural level (which informationally goes through the plexuses, ganglia, and subcortical nuclei). The two levels of superior complexity to the neural system, are the space of the psychic activity, unconscious and conscious, which is suprastructurally to all bodily structures. Ortiz is settled on a different monism: that guides us to imagine and think that all psychic activity is suprastructural to the body. Conclusions: There is an original explanation of the human body within the IST. This informational morphology dialogues with the knowledge of biology, neurology, anatomy, physiology, embryology, and histology, and is proposed as a structuring element in all the conceptual architecture that represents the IST.

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“…The variability of the average h-indexes across different fields can be explained by factors such as the number of scientists in a field (Galdames, 2013), the average number of publications per scientist in the field, and the applicability of the field to other fields. In addition, it is important to note that scientists working in less main-stream fields (as morphology) (Garay & Cantín, 2013; are bound to have lower h-indexes than those working in mainstream fields.…”

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The h-index in Academic Morphology

2015

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SUMMARY:The h-index is an objective and easily calculable measure that can be used to evaluate both the relevance and amount of scientific contributions of an individual author and field. The aim was to examine how the h-index of academic morphologists in Chile relates with academic rank. A descriptive and correlational study was design. We accessed the Chilean Society of Anatomy professor list in January of 2015, for analysis of academic morphologists' h-indexes using the Scopus database, and data was organized by academic rank. Also, m-Quotient was calculated. Institutional productivity was measured, and institutions were ranked on the basis of cumulative h-index, m-Quotient and the total number of publications and citations. For all morphologists analyzed, the mean h-index was 2.9±2.94 (range 0-12). The mean h-indexes were 1.9±2.135 for instructors, 2.5±2.54 for assistant, 5.1±2.89 for associate and 4.7±3.92 for professors. There was a significant relationship between h-index and academic rank (P<0.001). The m-Quotient were significantly different between assistant/associate and professors (P<0.001). By academic degree, the mean h-indexes were 1.0±1.92 for Bachelor, 1.6±2.0 for specialists, 2.3±2.26 for masters and 4.9±3.4 for Ph.D. The total number of publications for Chilean morphologist was 1343 publications (13.85±18.392), with 5321 citations (54.86±106.392). The top 3 institutions were Universidad de La Frontera, Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that h-index (P<0.001) and number of publications (P<0.001) were the best predictors of academic rank. There exists a significant relationship between h-index and academic rank, with h-index increasing with academic rank. It is a reliable tool for quantifying academic productivity within morphology, easily calculable and may be useful when evaluating decisions regarding advancement within academic morphology departments. These results should serve as benchmarks for future studies.

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Evidence Based Morphology; Quo Vadis?

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References 6 publications

Comparison between Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and SCImago Journal Rank Indicator in Anatomy and Morphology Journals

Comparison between Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and SCImago Journal Rank Indicator in Anatomy and Morphology Journals

An informational sociobiological explanation of the constitution of the human body

The h-index in Academic Morphology

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