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Trends in Publications on the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Over the Past 40 Years on PubMed.

Background:The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most commonly operated ligament of the knee. Details on the top journals, universities, and authors on the topic would be helpful to identify the sources of information for clinical and research queries as well as to observe trends for future research and identify universities/authors of particular interest for training or to follow their research.Purpose:To consolidate information from PubMed on the ACL from 1979 to 2018, spanning 40 years.Study Design:Cross-sectional study.Methods:A search of the PubMed database was conducted for the ACL, and 18,696 articles published over the past 40 years were analyzed for further details. These details included the number of publications per year, top 10 journals publishing on the ACL, top 10 first authors publishing articles on the ACL, and number of articles published with specific keywords. Data were also sought from the Scopus database regarding the top universities and countries publishing on the ACL. The coauthorship of articles and co-occurrence of terms in titles were also analyzed using VOSviewer.Results:There was a steady increase in the yearly average number of publications from 1979 to 2018. The top journal and top author publishing on the ACL were The American Journal of Sports Medicine and Freddie H. Fu, respectively. The most articles published by a first author were by K. Donald Shelbourne. Time-based links of Dr Fu to other authors were represented as VOSviewer output. Most occurrences of specific keywords in the title were also studied and listed. The United States was the most published country, and 8 of the top 10 universities that published were from this country.Conclusion:There has been a steady increase in the number of articles published in PubMed since 1979. It appears that interest on the topic of the ACL has not decreased or stabilized but rather increased significantly over the past few years. This article quantifies the increased interest and could act as a baseline for future studies to compare.

Lotka’s law for the Brazilian scientific output published in journals

Lotka’s law is a power law for the frequency of scholarly publications. We show that Lotka’s law cannot be dismissed after considering a massive sample of the number of publications of Brazilian researchers in journals listed on the SCImago Journal Rank and the Journal Citation Reports. For the SCImago Journal Rank, we found a power law with the Pareto exponent of 0.4 beyond the threshold of 50 papers. This means computing the ‘average number of publications’ of either a researcher or a discipline is of no practical significance.

State of Children Environmental Health Research in Latin America.

Background:Promotion of biomedical research along with the development of evidence-based prevention policies have been suggested as an effective way to reduce environmental risks for children’s health in Latin America. However, there is little information on the current state of childhood environmental health research, which might help identify its strengths and limitations, as well as to design a strategy to improve the future of child environmental health research in the region.Objective:To describe the current state of environmental health research on children exposed to environmental pollutants in Latin America.Methodology:We performed a comprehensive search of published peer-reviewed environmental health articles (1994–2014), dealing with the exposure of Latin American children to chemical compounds. We described the type of studies and their research topics, and identified networks of co-authors. We also analyzed the relationship between research funding sources and the impact factor (IF) of the journal where research was published.Results:The average number of publications was about 20 per year. Mexico and Brazil produced almost 70% of the 409 identified papers. The most studied contaminant was lead, but research on this element has declined since 2005. Retrospective studies were the most frequent, and also showed a decreasing trend. Most studies did not assess health effects. Four groups of leading investigators and two collaboration models for scientific production were identified. Except for Mexico, there was very little collaboration with North American and European countries. Compared to articles that did not report financial support, those that received international funding had on average an IF around 7, and those with national funding reached a mean IF near 3.Conclusion:There is a limited number of publications and insufficient collaboration between Latin-American scientists. It is necessary to identify strategies to stimulate South-South-North alliances and strengthen the scarce research on the environmental health of children in the region.

Research Publication Trend in Pharmaceutical Sciences: A Bibliometric Analysis During 2013-2017

The present study aims to analyses the research output performance on Pharmaceutical Science subject. A total of 1913 research articles published in Web of Science database were analysed to find the performance of Pharmaceutical Science professionals from all over the world in terms of growth during the period 2013-2017 (last five years). Annual growth rate, global publication shares and ranking among ten countries of the world, prolific author in the field, high productive Institutions, Journals, etc are studied in this article. This study reveals that maximum numbers of funding agencies are from China. The average number of publications per year is 382; a greater number of articles were published during 2016. In the country wise contribution of documents, USA contributed 30.21% of the total publication. Among journals Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B journal ranked first with 162 articles and among the funding agencies National Natural Science Foundation of China stands first with 4.6% funding.

Publication Rates of Social and Administrative Sciences Pharmacy Faculty in Non-Research Intensive Pharmacy Schools

Objective. To assess the level of publication rates from 2011 through 2015 by Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) faculty at non-research intensive pharmacy schools. Methods. The Web of Science database was searched using faculty names identified from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) faculty and professional staff roster. Publication rates of SAS faculty were calculated and compared using several demographic subcategories such as public/private school, part of an academic health center, schools with PhD program, funding status, etc. Results. The 208 SAS faculty members from 59 colleges contributed to 478 publications with a mean of 95.6 publications per year and 1.62 publications per institution per year. The number of publications increased 45% over the five years from 67 publications in 2011 to 122 in 2015.The average number of publications was 0.92 per year per SAS faculty compared to 0.82 publications per year per faculty from other basic pharmaceutical sciences divisions. The most commonly published research was research articles in the area of scholarship of teaching and learning. The significant predictors of publications were being part of an academic health center, having a PhD program, and higher percent of faculty members who are SAS faculty. Conclusion. Despite being affiliated with institutions with missions less targeted on research, this study showed SAS faculty members at non-research intensive institutions consistently contribute to published literature. Further studies are needed to examine reasons for the lack of publishing by almost half of the SAS faculty and ways to increase research and publication in the field of SAS.

Research Publication Trend in Pharmaceutical Sciences: A Bibliometric Analysis During 2013–2017

The present study aims to analyse the research output performance on Pharmaceutical Science subject. A total of 1913 research articles published in Web of Science database were analysed to find out the performance of Pharmaceutical Science professionals from all over the world in terms of growth during the period 2013-2017 (last five years). Annual growth rate, global publication shares, prolific author in the field, high productive Institutions, Journals, etc are studied in this article. This study reveals that maximum numbers of funding agencies are from China. The average number of publications per year is 382; a greater number of articles were published during 2016. In the country wise contribution of documents, USA contributed 30.21% of the total publication. Among journals Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B journal ranked first with 162 articles and among the funding agencies National Natural Science Foundation of China stands first with 4.6% funding.

Measuring Research Impact of Astronomers/Astrophysicists by using Astrophysics Data System Beta: A Powerful New Interface: A case study with Special Reference to Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar

This paper highlights qualitatively and quantitatively research and presents a valuable overview of new citation enhanced databases in the context of research evaluation for the productivity of Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar. He has total 472 research publications in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics (AA) published from 1961-2015. In addition, this paper provides an overview of the citation-enhanced databases viz Astrophysics Data System Beta: A powerful new interface for performing citation analysis. Previously, scientometrics had been used to measure the publication productivity of Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar using the Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The scope of this paper is limited to Astrophysics Data System Beta. The result indicates that most of his papers are published in peer reviewed journals having the highest Impact Factor. The average number of publications per year is 8.74 and with the maximum papers published during 1981-1990 and 1996-2000. The total number of citations for his publications is 3516 covering 665 of his papers published during 1961-1970. He had many research collaborations, specifically with Prof. F. Hoyle (87 papers), Prof. G. Burbidge (38 papers), Prof. N. Wickramasinghe (22 papers) and Prof. T. Padmanabhan (21 papers).

Recent trends in publications of US vascular surgery program directors.

Objective In order to examine the academic productivity of US vascular surgery program directors, the number of vascular publications listed in PubMed from 2001 to 2015 for US vascular surgery program directors was reviewed. We suggest that this can be used as a benchmark for academic productivity. Methods The names of the program directors were taken from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) website at two time points: December 2009 (Independent Programs) and December 2015 (Independent + Integrated). This was used to query PubMed, which listed 5196 publications: 3284 from 2001 to 2009 and 1912 from 2010 to 2015. Results There were 104 program directors (2001-2009) and 114 program directors (2010-2015) with average number of publications in PubMed per program director as 3.68/year (SD ± 2.31) and 2.80/year (SD ± 2.73), respectively ( P = .01). From 2001 to 2009, 1215 (37%) and in 2010 to 2015, 860 (45%) of the publications were from Journal of vascular surgery. The top third produced 67% and 69% of publications in the two time-points. No statistical difference was ascertained regionally: northeast, southeast, midwest and west ( P = .46). The numbers of publications/year decreased by 17% compared to first 10 years. From 2001 to 2009, there were no programs with no publications which increased to five and three with no Journal of Vascular Surgery publications which increased to 21 in 2010-2015. The independent and integrated program directors published average of 2.85 (SD ± 2.69) and 3.47 (SD ± 3.1) total publications; 1.25 (SD ± 1.4) and 3.47 (SD ± 1.7) Journal of Vascular Surgery papers/year, respectively ( P = .28, P = .23). Changes in the study subject were noted by percentage of total publications: endovascular lower extremity arterial (4.7% to 8.9%), Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) (4.5% to 9.9%), Arterio-Venous (AV) access (0.0% to 3.0%), basic science (14.7% to 6.8%), open thoracic (3.0% to 0.6%). Conclusion There seems to be a significant decline in the number of publications over the last 15 years. Yet, the subject of the publications has progressed from Open to TEVAR with an increase in endovascular publications. However, basic science publications reduced by half.

Quantitative study on Australian academic science

As at the end of 2009, 50 million scholarly papers were in existence, and changes in the global higher education sector are seeing this number grow rapidly. With the impact of university ranking schemes, dramatic changes have occurred in the academic publication system; both the number of publications, and the number of scholars, are increasing rapidly. In this research, we conduct a focused study on the quantitative relationships in Australian academic science. Sample data is selected from three institutions, representing three types of universities in Australia: a leading university, a middle-tier university, and a non-comprehensive university. For our analysis, bibliometric data for 32,056 scholars and 353,334 publications are downloaded. The results show that varying growth rates for scholars (5.6, 6.1, and 7.7%) and journal publications (6.7, 7.4, and 9.7%) for the leading university, the middle-tier university, and the non-comprehensive university respectively. We also evaluate how scholarly publications differ across these three Australian universities types from six aspects: average number of publications per scholar, percentage of first-authored publications, collaboration pattern, average SJR score of publishing journals, percentage of Quartile category of publishing journals, and average citation per publication. Lastly, we consider how the scholarship life-cycle varies in Australian universities in terms of publishing age, thus establishing the quantitative relationship between scholarship life-cycle and publishing performance in Australian universities.

Mapping of global research literature in the field of cloud computing

Cloud computing services mark a new paradigm shift in attracting business models for high level customer satisfaction. It empowers users to virtually use the computing servers anytime, irrespective of location. The present study analyzed the dataset obtained from Scopus (http://www.scopus.com) on various aspects of cloud computing to map progress in the field. The study found that 4108 papers have been published on cloud computing till December 31, 2013. These papers have been cited 38339 times till December 31, 2014. The average number of publications per year has been ∼684.7. Maximum literature has been published in English, 3598 (87.6 percent) and Chinese, 416 (10.1 percent). Literature on the subject was published in 157 journals around the world. Overall, 95 countries contributed to producing the literature on cloud computing. China is the leading country in publishing cloud computing research with 1208 papers (29.4 percent). Using the Salton’s index the collaboration was found strong between Spain and United Kingdom (∼0.1139), United Kingdom and Germany (∼0.0957). 21 highly cited papers accounted for total 9595 (25.0 percent) citations. It is noted that 1422 (34.6 percent) papers have not been cited by any author. The study revealed that 160 institutes around the globe contributed on the subject. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is the leading institutes with 80 (1.9 percent) papers. Buyya, R. from University of Melbourne is the leading author in the subject with 27 (0.7 percent) papers and his papers received the highest citations 2734 (3.4 percent). The journal entitled ‘Future Generation Computer Systems’ published the highest number of papers, 75 (1.8 percent) and received the highest citations, 2961 (7.7 percent).

Academic productivity among fellowship associated adult total joint reconstruction surgeons.

BackgroundThe Hirsch index (h-index) is a measure that evaluates both research volume and quality—taking into consideration both publications and citations of a single author. No prior work has evaluated academic productivity and contributions to the literature of adult total joint replacement surgeons. This study uses h-index to benchmark the academic impact and identify characteristics associated with productivity of faculty members at joint replacement fellowships.MethodsAdult reconstruction fellowship programs were obtained via the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons website. Via the San Francisco match and program-specific websites, program characteristics (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approval, academic affiliation, region, number of fellows, fellow research requirement), associated faculty members, and faculty-specific characteristics (gender, academic title, formal fellowship training, years in practice) were obtained. H-index and total faculty publications served as primary outcome measures. Multivariable linear regression determined statistical significance.ResultsSixty-six adult total joint reconstruction fellowship programs were identified: 30% were Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved and 73% had an academic affiliation. At these institutions, 375 adult reconstruction surgeons were identified; 98.1% were men and 85.3% had formal arthroplasty fellowship training. Average number of publications per faculty member was 50.1 (standard deviation 76.8; range 0-588); mean h-index was 12.8 (standard deviation 13.8; range 0-67). Number of fellows, faculty academic title, years in practice, and formal fellowship training had a significant (P < .05) positive correlation with both h-index and total publications.ConclusionsThe statistical overview presented in this work can help total joint surgeons quantitatively benchmark their academic performance against that of their peers.

Are research efforts on Animalia in the South Pacific associated with the conservation status or population trends?

Analyses of knowledge gaps can highlight imbalances in research, encouraging greater proportionality in the distribution of research efforts. In this research we used generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) with the aim to determine if research efforts for the period 2005–2015 for terrestrial vertebrates of Amphibia, Aves, Mammalia and Reptilia in the South Pacific region were correlated with conservation status (critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN), vulnerable (VU), least concern (LC) and near threatened (NT)) or population trends (increasing, stable, decreasing and unknown) through the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) database. Our results showed that research distribution was uneven across different classes. Out of 633623 investigated papers, the average number of publications per species was 43.7, 306.7, 717.6 and 115.3 for Amphibia (284 species), Aves (1306 species), Mammalia (243 species) and Reptilia (400 species), respectively. Consistently, the lower publication effort on Amphibia compared to other taxonomic classes was revealed as significant by GLMM analysis. There was no significant differences in research effort among levels of conservation status. However, we found significantly different publication efforts among population trends of all examined species in that species with “unknown” population trends gained significantly lower researchers’ attention compared to species with “decreasing” trend. Results also indicated that, although it was not significant, the highest attention is given to species with “increasing” population trend over all taxonomic classes. Using the Information Theoretic approach we also generated a set of competing models to identify most important factors influencing research efforts, revealing that the highest ranked model included taxonomic class and population trend.

Producción científica en una Facultad de Enfermería de una universidad privada de Medellín

Objective: To describe the scientific production by nursing professors at a private university in the city of Medellin as evidenced by research articles published in scientific journals. Methodology: Bibliometric descriptive study in which the information source consisted in articles published. Variables related to professor profile, thematic and methodological characteristics of the studies, and the journals in which they were published were measured. Univariate and bivariate analysis was performed using SPSS. Results: Forty-two articles were reviewed, amongst which pediatrics and addictions were the most frequently studied subjects. Over 60% of publications were between 2011 and 2015; the average number of publications was 3 per year; the publication rate was 1.5 articles every 10 years/teacher. Quantitative approach and descriptive studies were predominant; there was no use of nursing theories; 19.5% of the articles had been published in one journal and only 38.6% of the articles had been published in nursing journals. Conclusions: the generation of knowledge by teachers identified issues such as low scientific production, the need to address a wider variety of topics, and the need for stronger qualitative studies which favor a broader development of knowledge and accommodate postgraduate training programs supported in scientific production.

Uranium recovery from secondary sources: R&D trends

This paper attempts to analyse quantitatively the growth and development of uranium recovery from secondary sources in terms of publication output as reflected in the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database. During 1972-2011, a total of 4520 papers were published on uranium extraction from various secondary sources: phosphoric acid accounted for 2840 publications (62.83%), sea water 751 publications (16.62%), coal 479 publications (10.6%), monazite 245 publications (5.42%) and granite 205 publications (4.54%). Among the countries contributing to uranium recovery from secondary sources research, India topped the list with 695 publications (15.38%), followed by USA with 548 publications (12.12%), Japan with 457 publications (10.11%), China with 291 publications (6.44%) and Germany with 275 publications (6.08%). The highest number of publications (193) was in 1984. The average number of publications published per year was 113. The journals most preferred by scientists for publication of papers were Radiokhimiya with 118 publications (2.61%), Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry with 82 publications (1.81%) and Radiochimica Acta with 60 publications (1.33%).

Research Production of Current Saudi Emergency Medicine Training Centers in the New Millennium: A Descriptive Study

The development of the specialty of emergency medicine demands a concurrent development of research in the field; training emergency departments are expected to take the lead in research production. This study aims to evaluate the research production of 14 Saudi Emergency Medicine training departments, from January 2000 to June 2016. From April to July 2016, we searched for articles published by first authors affiliated with Saudi Emergency Medicine training centers. We searched for original articles using the following search engines: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Ovid, Scopus, Inspec, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Cochrane Central Registers. Based on previous literature, we used certain metrics to evaluate the articles: journal’s impact factor, number of citations by Web of Science, number of citations by Google Scholar, and Altmetric score. Out of 9520 publications screened, only 76 articles were included for evaluation. The average number of publications per year was 4.7. However, it increased from two publications in year 2000 to 14 publications in 2015. Most of the publications (n = 65, 86%) were in journals with no or low IF (IF &lt; 2). Although, there is progressive improvement in the quantity and quality of research from Saudi Emergency Medicine training departments, there should be more eff ort to reach to a higher level of research production.

Ionosphere, Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG): A Quantitative and Qualitative Study

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature and growth of Ionosphere Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG) research in India during 1960-2014, based on Web of Science (WoS) database and make quantitative and qualitative assessment by way of analysing various features of research output by using the scientometric techniques. A total of 2748 journal articles were published on Ionosphere Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG), which received total 20705 citations. The average number of publications per year is 119.40 and Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is 6.96% and the average number of citations per publication was 7.53. The publications peaked in the year 2014 with 504 publications and the highest number of citations (3248) was in 2006. This study analyzes the research studies based on year of publication, journal, international collaboration, spatial distribution and keyword occurrence frequency. The results of this work reveal that the publication on the Ionosphere Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG) have grown high at a slow rate over the past 54 years and the curve fits the polynomial curve with R² = 0.863. Publications on Ionosphere Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG) appeared in 267 journals of which most active journal was “Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physic” published by American Geophysical Union originating from USA and 324(11.790 %) of the total 2748 publications. A total of 3332 authors contributed on Ionosphere Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG) research. The most active author was Rastogi RG produced maximum no. of publications 165(6.004%) of total publications. 1073 institutions contributed of which Indian Institute of Geomagnetism; Mumbai, India is the most productive institution. For globalization of Ionosphere Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG) Research in India, the results show there were 73 Countries/territories which participated in Ionosphere Magnetosphere and Geomagnetism (IMG) research. USA produced maximum publications 274 that is 9.971% of total publication with higher citations (4978). A Keyword analysis reveals that ‘‘Plasma’’, ‘‘waves’’, ‘‘Irregularities’’ and “F-region”. are the most used keywords.

The Effect of Applicant Publication Volume on the Orthopaedic Residency Match

Research is an important factor used in evaluating applicants to orthopaedic training programs. Current reports regarding the publication rate among prospective residents are likely inaccurate. It is unknown whether research productivity is weighted more heavily at programs affiliated with research-driven institutions. To establish accurate baseline data on publication rate among matched applicants to orthopaedic residency programs and to compare publication rates between applicants who matched at research-focused institutions and those who matched elsewhere. We performed a literature search for each U.S. resident in the 2013-2014 intern class. Number of publications: (1) in total, (2) in orthopaedic journals, and (3) as first/last author were recorded. Publication rate at the top 25 programs (according to medical school and departmental National Institutes of Health [NIH] funding and U.S. News ranking) was compared statistically against all others. Average number of publications per intern for all programs was 1.28 ± 0.15. Number of total and first/last author publications was significantly greater for programs affiliated with medical schools and departments in the top 25 for NIH funding, and at schools in the top 25 U.S. News rankings. Publication rate in orthopaedic journals was significantly higher for programs affiliated with departments in the top 25 for NIH funding and at top 25 U.S. News medical schools. The average matched applicant to an orthopaedic residency program publishes in the peer-reviewed literature less frequently than previously reported. Matched applicants at research-focused institutions tended to have more publications than those who matched at other programs.

Correlation of personality assessments with standard selection criteria for neurosurgical residency applicants.

OBJECTIVE Neurosurgery is among the most competitive residencies, as evidenced by the high number of applicants for relatively few positions. Although it is important to recruit candidates who have the intellectual capacity and drive to succeed, traditional objective selection criteria, such as US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) (also known as Step 1) score, number of publications, and class ranking, have not been shown to consistently predict clinical and academic success. Furthermore, these traditional objective parameters have not been associated with specific personality traits. METHODS The authors sought to determine the efficacy of a personality assessment in the selection of neurosurgery residents. Specifically, the aim was to determine the correlation between traditional measures used to evaluate an applicant (e.g., USMLE score, number of publications, MD/PhD status) and corresponding validated personality traits. RESULTS Fifty-four neurosurgery residency applicants were interviewed at the Cleveland Clinic during the 2014-2015 application cycle. No differences in validated personality scores were identified between the 46 MD applicants and 8 MD/PhD applicants. The mean USMLE score (± SD) was 252.3 ± 11.9, and those in the high-USMLE-score category (USMLE score ≥ 260) had a significantly lower "imaginative" score (a stress measure of eccentric thinking and impatience with those who think more slowly). The average number of publications per applicant was 8.6 ± 7.9, and there was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.339, p = 0.016) between greater number of publications and a higher "adjustment" score (a measure of being even-tempered, having composure under pressure). Significant negative correlations existed between the total number of publications and the "excitable" score (a measure of being emotionally volatile) (r = -0.299, p = 0.035) as well as the "skeptical" score (measure of being sensitive to criticism) (r = -0.325, p = 0.021). The average medical school rank was 25.8, and medical school rankings were positively correlated with the "imaginative" score (r = 0.287, p = 0.044). CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to investigate the use of personality scores in the selection of neurosurgical residents. The use of personality assessments has the potential to provide insight into an applicant's future behavior as a resident and beyond. This information may be useful in the selection of neurosurgical residents and can be further used to customize the teaching of residents and for enabling them to recognize their own strengths and weaknesses for self-improvement.

Publicaciones de la comunidad endoscópica mexicana, su número, tipo e impacto en la literatura mundial

IntroductionMexico is in 24th place among the 40 countries with the highest number of publications in the biomedical area, however the productivity by specific medical specialties is not known. The aim of this article was to describe the number of endoscopy publications by the Mexican community, including the type and its impact on world literature. Material and methodsA search was conducted in PubMed of all publications from national hospitals in the area of gastrointestinal endoscopy in the period 2010-2015. The following were taken into consideration: Original articles, meta-analysis, case-control studies, case series (more than 4 patients), case reports, and letters to the editor containing original information generated in a national centre with or without the participation of foreign doctors. ResultsA total of 77 papers were included in the analysis. The areas of endoscopy with more publications were panendoscopy (gastroscopy) 37 (48.1%), endoscopic ultrasound 13 (16.9%), ERCP 6 (20.8%), colonoscopy 6 (7.8%), videocapsule 4 (5.2%), and enteroscopy one (1.3%) article. The mean impact factor of the journals in which there is at least one Mexican study published was 2.9. The median of citations per article was 2 (1-43). The average number of publications per site was 3.2 (1-22). ConclusionThe number of publications on endoscopy in the Mexican community is low, and impact on the world stage is limited in scope.

SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL PAPERS ON MARINE MEDICINE: CURRENT STATUS AND INTEGRATION INTO THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

Via search in the Scientific Electronic Library (http://elibrary.ru/), 260 national scientific articles on marine medicine were identified, which were included in the Russian Science Citation Index in 2006-2015. Annually, (26±3) were published. A polynomial trend reflects increasing number of the articles. In particular, 5,6% of the articles were devoted to general biology, 6,5% - to safety in emergencies, 7,9% - to clinical medicine, 20,9% - to preventive medicine, 23,8% - to life sciences, 19,7% - to psychology, 7,1% - to physical and special training, 8,5% - to other topics. Low scientometric indices of this array of articles on maritime medicine were reveled as well as low publication activity of respective institutions. The average number of publications per author was 0,40, the average numbers of citations per article and per author were 0,87 and 0,35, respectively, 31% of the articles have been cited at least once. It is necessary to increase the innovative component of publications and to establish a habit of peer citing. The ways of integration of articles and journals into international reference-bibliographic databases.