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Background: The number and quality of publications is an indirect measure of the capacity of an individual, institution or country to generate knowledge. Aim: To assess the number of publications of Chilean surgeons, registered in the Institute for Scientific Knowledge (ISI). Material and Methods: A search was conducted in the ISI platform for publications generated by Chilean surgeons in the last ten years. The number of publications and citations, the journals in which the publications appeared and nationality of coauthors, were analyzed. Results: Three hundred and eighty papers were identified. Of these, 333 (88 percent) were published in the period 2006-2010. The papers were cited in 1.946 opportunities (impact factor of 5.12 and h-index of 21). Thirty three percent of papers were published in Revista Chilena de Cirugía, 8 percent in Obesity Surgery and 4 percent in the World Journal of Surgery. Thirty four percent of papers came from the University of Chile, 21 percent from Catholic University and 8 percent from Universidad de la Frontera. Conclusions: The number of publications of Chilean surgeons is experiencing an increase in the last years.
Introducción: Caracterizar la producción científica personal, institucional o nacional es una necesidad para comprender y mejorar la generación de conocimiento. El objetivo de este estudio es definir el perfil bibliométrico de las publicaciones ISI, relacionadas con la cirugía chilena en el período 2001-2010. Material y Método: Estudio bibliométrico. Se realizó una búsqueda en la plataforma ISI Web of Knowledge de Thomson Reuters respecto de la productividad científica de la cirugía chilena en los últimos 10 años. Las variables analizadas fiieron número de publicaciones, citaciones de artículos chilenos por año, revistas en las que se publicó, idioma de las publicaciones, autores, instituciones y países de coautoría. Resultados: Se identificaron 380 artículos, 333 de los cuales (87,6 por ciento) se registraron en el período 2006-2010. Fueron citados en 1.946 oportunidades (Factor de Impacto de 5,12 e índice-h de 21). Los artículos fueron publicados en Rev Chil Cir (33,4 por ciento), Obes Surg (8,15 por ciento) y World J Surg (3,6 por ciento). Las instituciones con mayor representación fueron Universidad de Chile (33,9 por ciento), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (21,0 por ciento) y Universidad de La Frontera (8,4 por ciento). Conclusión: La producción científica de la cirugía chilena ha mostrado un importante ascenso desde el inicio del período en estudio hasta la fecha. De la misma forma, se observa un incremento de las citaciones de estos artículos.
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Authorship , Bibliometrics , Periodicals as Topic , Surgical Procedures, Operative , Chile , Impact FactorABSTRACT
PURPOSE: We collected the data of Science Citation Index (SCI) and SCI Expended (SCIE) papers written by the members of the Korean Society of Radiation Oncology (KOSRO) to analyze the current status and the future trend. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched the database of SCIE for the period from 1981 to 2011 at the Web of Knowledge site. Articles, reviews or proceedings written by KOSRO members as the first or corresponding authors were included. Search terms were the following combination of subject headings: therapeut radiol, radiat oncol, Korea. For National Cancer Center, combined search terms such as natl canc ctr, Korea and the names of faculties were applied. RESULTS: The total number of SCIE papers was 547. Numbers of the published papers in 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010, were increased continuously, which was 2, 14, 40, and 83, respectively. The average impact factor was 2.9. The papers were published at the 134 different journals. The proportion of "International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics" was 23.4% of all the papers. The number and proportions of papers by subject categories were 87 (15.9%) in biology, 73 (13.3%) in physics and 387 (70.6%) in clinics. The papers of the top five institutions, based on the number of published papers, occupied 66.3%. CONCLUSION: The number of SCIE papers is increasing rapidly in the field of radiation oncology in Korea. To improve the quality of papers, multi-institutional retrospective or prospective randomized studies should be done for the common cancers in Korea.
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Biology , Korea , Publications , Radiation OncologyABSTRACT
Under the environment of network,the service mode of subject librarian becomes an important strategy of intelligence serves in university libraries.To provide reference for other librarians,this paper summarizes services provided for the academic researchers by using Web of Knowledge platform resources.