Abstract
Objective: This scientometric analysis was carried out to map the online visibility of pharmacy research at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) from 1981 to 2016.Methods: Publish or Perish software was used to collect data for 33 scientists from the School of Pharmacy at MUHAS. We retrieved data on scholars’ publications, citation counts, the number of authors per publication, average citations per paper, average citations per year, h-index, g-index, contemporary H-index (Hc index) and the HI-norm index.Results: A total of 499 publications were recorded for all scholars and the most (61; 12.2%) productive was 2013. The whole study period recorded the mean relative growth rate (RGR) and doubling time (Dt) of 1.62 and 0.46 respectively. A great majority (484; 97%) of the publications were multiple-authored with nearly one third (157; 31.5%) of these being jointly contributed by six or more authors. The maximum number of citations received in a single publication was 241. The degree of collaboration among scientists was as high as 0.97. The top ranked pharmacy researchers showed variation in various metrics.Conclusion: The study findings indicate a continuous growth of pharmacy publications at MUHAS since 1981. There is a high level of collaboration among scholars and many publications have made a great impact through citations.
Highlights
In academia, tenure and career promotion are mainly based on teaching and research productivity
The study findings show a domination of multiple authorships (484; 96.9%) in pharmacy research at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)
The study findings indicate continuous growth of pharmacy publications since 1981 with journal articles being the most prominent type of publications
Summary
Tenure and career promotion are mainly based on teaching and research productivity. The old adage “publish or perish” requires that academics must produce publications for career advancement, job promotion, tenure, or fulfilling requirements for annual performance. Despite the fact that they are expected to maintain substantial clinical practice and teaching loads, these clinical faculty members obtain promotion and tenure based on prevailing academic norms. This means that they must face the reality of the “publish or perish” maxim. Clinical faculty needs to communicate research findings for patients’ benefits and fellow researchers who can investigate the topic more [1]
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