Évaluation comparative et objective de la production scientifique des services hospitaliers au sein de l’Assistance publique–Hôpitaux de Paris : analyse des scores SIGAPS

Abstract

PurposeTo analyze the results of the bibliometric system (SIGAPS score) of scientific publications in the Assistance publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP–HP) and to compare the scientific production among the various medical and surgical specialties of the academic hospitals of Paris. MethodsAll the publications imported from Pubmed between 2006 and 2008 were included. The following data were taken into account and analysed: the hospital department of origin, the number of articles published, the number of full-time physicians, the SIGAPS score. ResultsThirty-eight thousand, seven hundred and nine publications were included. The departments were consisted of 747 full-time practitioners 5719 (1895 Professors [33.1%], 2772 Assistant Professors [48.4%] and 1052 fellows [18.4%]). The average number of full-time practitioner by department was 7.7±6.7 (range 1–69). The average total number of articles published in a department was 51.8±49.4 (range 1–453). The average SIGAPS score was more important in medicine than in surgery (621.2±670.1 vs. 401±382.2; P=0.01) but not the average number of article per practitioner (8.1±8.3 vs. 6.6±6.2; P=0.0797). The mean number of publication by full-time practitioner was 7.9±7.8 (1–45), or an average of 2.7±2.6 for each full-time practitioner each year. ConclusionAcademic hospitals in Paris have a reasonably scientific output but with a mean of 2.7 articles per full-time practitioner per year. No major differences between medical and surgical disciplines were observed.