National representation in the anaesthesia literature: a bibliometric analysis of highly cited anaesthesia journals^*

Abstract

SummaryWhile previous studies have investigated the country of origin of anaesthetic publications, they have generally used a MEDLINE computer search to identify original articles and have often excluded non-English language articles. We undertook a hand-search of journals in the Journal Citation Reports Ò using the subject category of Anesthesiology. We quantified the number of original articles, editorials, review articles, case reports and correspondence attributed to each country. We also calculated the proportion of articles of each type from countries of each national income category. We analysed 9684 articles published in 2007 and

Światowa produktywność badań w dziedzinie endokrynologii i metabolizmu — analiza bibliometryczna

“…This ratio has been identified in many medical fields [9][10][11][12]. In our study, we found a slightly higher proportion for middle-income countries.…”

“…Also, bibliometric analysis can be used to investigate trends in scholarly publications and the relative importance of articles on a specific topic. Bibliometric analysis has been used to determine national contributions to research fields including oncology [4], cardiovascular disease [5], rheumatology [6], nutrition and dietetics [7], diabetic retinopathy [8], emergency medicine [9], critical care medicine [10], anaesthesia [11], plastic and reconstructive surgery [12], foot and ankle research [13], and arthroscopy [14].…”

“…Scientific publications report new knowledge in the field and also indicate the productivity of the researchers. Bibliometric methods can be used to evaluate research productivity, and contributions from various areas in the world can be assessed [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Our study was the first to use bibliometric evaluation to analyse the contributions of various countries to research in endocrinology and metabolism.…”

“…This result indicates that the United States plays an important role in scientific endeavours on endocrinology and metabolism. The United States has been a leader in biomedical research for decades, including endocrinology metabolism as well as other subfields in biomedical research [9][10][11][12][13][14]. In addition to producing the most articles overall, articles from the United States have the most citations (260,934) of endocrinology and metabolism publications, as well as one of the highest mean number of citations (12).…”

A new partnership for anesthesia training in Zambia: reflections on the first year

“…3 Despite the several existing international partnerships for anesthesia residency programs, there remains a paucity of literature to inform educators embarking on new programs. 4 The most extensively described initiatives are the Nepalese and Rwandan programs, both of which are affiliated with the Canadian Anesthesiology Society International Education Foundation. 2,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Nevertheless, there also exist relatively unpublicized North-South partnerships such as those in Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Uganda.…”