Abstract
During the years 2008 and 2009, 1,191 biomedical articles authored by Chilean investigators working in Chile were indexed in PubMed. To evaluate the potential visibility of those articles, according to scientometric indexes of the journals where they were published. Those journals where the articles had been published were identified and each journals Impact Factor (JIF), 5-year JIF, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), SCImago Quartiles (Q) for 2010 and the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) for 2008-2009 were identified. Three hundred and twelve articles (26,2%) were dedicated to experimental studies in animals, tissues or cells and they were classified as Biomedicine, while 879 (73,8%) were classified as Clinical Medicine; in both areas the main type of articles were original reports (90% and 73.6%, respectively). Revista Médica de Chile and Revista Chilena de Infectología concentrated the greater number of publications. Articles classified in Biomedicine were published more frequently in English and in journals with higher scientometric indexes than those classified in Clinical Medicine. Biomedical articles dealing with clinical topics, particularly case reports, were published mostly in national journals or in foreign journals with low scientometric indexes. It can be partly attributable to the authors interest in reaching local readers. The evaluation of research productivity should combine several scientometric indexes, selected according to the field of research, the institution's and investigators interests, with a qualitative and multifactorial assessment.
Highlights
During the years 2008 and 2009, 1,191 biomedical articles authored by Chilean investigators working in Chile were indexed in PubMed
Indicadores bibliométricos de las 10 revistas que publicaron el mayor número de artículos originados en Chile en 2008-2009
Unidos a los nuestros, destacan la importancia que tienen las revistas médicas chilenas para la difusión de artículos generados por investigadores nacionales, particularmente en Medicina Clínica
Summary
During the years 2008 and 2009, 1,191 biomedical articles authored by Chilean investigators working in Chile were indexed in PubMed. Aims: To evaluate the potential visibility of those articles, according to scientometric indexes of the journals where they were published. El SCImago Research Group, grupo de investigación que emplea datos de Scopus, calcula -entre otros- el SCImago Journal Rank (SJR). En la base de datos MEDLINE/PubMed de los años 2008 y 2009 se identificaron 1.191 publicaciones (“artículos”) generadas en Chile, realizadas por autores chilenos cuya pertenencia a entidades nacionales fue identificada y permitió cuantificar el origen institucional de las publicaciones. El propósito del presente trabajo fue evaluar la calidad y visibilidad potenciales de esos artículos y sus diferencias según su tipología, empleando como variables sustitutas a los índices cienciométricos utilizados más frecuentemente por las universidades para calificar la producción científica de sus académicos, y por las entidades que financian la investigación
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