Australia’s Pharmacology Research: A Scientometric Assessment of High-Cited Papers During 2002–2021

Objectives To analyze Australia’s high-cited papers (HCPs) receiving ?100 citations in pharmacology during 2002–2021 and examine the research characteristics, study performance of the top 30 leading participating organizations and authors, and identification of top 30 journals publishing in this area and sub-fields of their research. Materials and Methods Australia’s HCPs on pharmacology research from the top 30 most productive organizations were identified and extracted from the Scopus database from 2002 to 2021 on 21 September 2022 using a search strategy. Select bibliometric measures were utilized to evaluate the publication productivity of important players in this area. The network analysis was performed to evaluate the collaborative interactions amongst the countries, organizations, authors, and keywords. Results -Of the 19,418 Australia’s publications (articles) in pharmacology from the top 30 most productive organizations during 2002–2022, only 685 (3.53%) were HCPs, which together received 1,14,623 citations, averaging 164.4 citations per paper (CPP) and the citations ranged from 100 to 1,230. Two papers had more than 1,000 citations and 16 papers had 500 citations. Of the 685 HCPs, 40.58% (278) and 11.39% (78) received external funding support and were international collaboratives. The most productive organizations were Monash University (n = 155), the University of Queensland (n = 111) and the University of Melbourne (n = 97). The most impactful organizations in terms of CPP and relative citation index (RCI) were James Cook University (203.22 and 1.21), Australian National University (196.67 and 1.18) and Queensland University of Technology (193.45 and 1.16). The most productive authors were J. Li (n = 24), C. J. H. Porter (n = 24) and R. L. Nation (n = 23) (Monash University, Melbourne); and the most impactful authors in terms of CPP were A. Christopoulos (Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Melbourne) (288.21), C.W. Pouton (Monash University, Melbourne) (241.50), and D.L. Peterson (University of Queensland, Brisbane) (225.58). The most productive journals were Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (n = 59), Environmental Pollution (n = 43) and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (n = 42). The most impactful journals in terms of CPP were Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (371.8), Antiviral Research (286.86) and European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (253.0). The most important keywords with their frequency of appearances were Animal Experiments (108), Metabolism (76), Drug Effects (67), Animal Models (65), Protein Expression (64), Anti-Bacterial Agents (62), Drug Delivery Systems (54), Drug Formulation (44), Signal Transduction (42), and so on. Conclusion There is an urgent need to increase national funding and expand international collaboration in priority areas, which will help to increase and diversify research output and improve research impact.

Coautorias nas publicações brasileiras sobre medicina regenerativa: assimetrias na colaboração científica internacional / Brazilian co-authorships in regenerative medicine publications: inequalities in emerging countries scientific collaboration / Coautorías en las publicaciones brasileñas acerca de la medicina regenerativa: asimetrías en la colaboración científica internacional

A cooperação científica internacional tornou-se um fator essencial para que os países emergentes alcancem novos patamares de pesquisa, publicações e financiamento. No contexto de uma discussão analítica sobre a cooperação científica global, foram analisadas as publicações brasileiras indexadas na Web of Science e a coautoria entre pesquisadores locais e estrangeiros, com o objetivo de ilustrar as mudanças ocorridas na medicina regenerativa nas duas últimas décadas. O artigo conclui que, na última década, expandiu-se a coautoria entre autores brasileiros e destes com autores de países desenvolvidos, especialmente com aqueles dos Estados Unidos, mas também, em menor grau, com os de outros países emergentes e da América Latina. Pesquisadores brasileiros também publicaram artigos de impacto global, indicando a qualidade atingida, no país, pela pesquisa científica na área. A análise mostra que a colaboração abriu portas, no âmbito global, para a pesquisa local, mas também que as assimetrias científicas se mantiveram ao longo do tempo.

International scientific cooperation has become a key factor for emerging countries to improve research advancement, publication and funding. An analysis of local publications indexed in the Web of Science and co-authored between Brazilian researchers and non-residents was carried out, in the context of an analytical discussion on global scientific cooperation and with the aim of illustrating changes in the last two decades in regenerative medicine regarding this topic. The article concluded that in the last decade Brazil increased scientific co-authorships significantly domestically and with advanced country authors, especially with American authors, but also to a lesser degree with those of other emerging economies in and beyond Latin American. Local researchers have also published on their own several articles of global impact, revealing the academic quality attained in local sciences related to the area. Collaboration has undoubtedly opened doors for Brazilian regenerative medicine globally, but historical scientific inequalities remain.

La cooperación científica internacional se ha transformado en un factor sustancial para que los países emergentes progresen en investigación, publicación y financiación. Se desarrolló un análisis de publicaciones locales indexadas en la Web of Science y coautorías entre investigadores brasileños y extranjeros en el contexto de una reflexión sobre cooperación científica global y con el fin de ilustrar las modificaciones producidas en la medicina molecular regenerativa durante los dos últimos decenios. El artículo concluye que, en el último decenio, Brasil aumentó significativamente las coautorías domésticas y con autores de países avanzados, especialmente de los Estados Unidos, y en menor medida con aquellos de otras economías emergentes dentro y fuera de América Latina. Los investigadores locales han publicado varios artículos propios de impacto global, lo cual revela la calidad académica lograda, en Brasil, en el área. La colaboración ha abierto puertas en el mundo para la medicina regenerativa brasileña, pero las asimetrías científicas históricas persisten.

Environmental scientists & microbiologists from China & EU: take the responsibility to cherish the Earth homeland / 生物工程学报

Humanity shares the common interest to protect the environment and to maintain a healthy global ecosystem. International collaboration is key in this context, to advance the necessary science and technology. The National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and European Commission (EC) have agreed to collaborate in innovative knowledge and technology in the field of bioremediation of polluted environments and biodegradation of plastics. In this context, projects on bioremediation of soils, wastewater and sediment matrices and on microbial degradation of plastics were supported. This special issue aimed to introduce these projects and their progresses in the related fields. In total, 23 papers have been collected in this issue, covering both fundamental and applied researches.

Noções de internacionalização nos debates sobre a pós-graduação em Psicologia / Concepts of internationalization in debates over graduate studies in Psychology / Nociones de internacionalización en los debates sobre posgrado en Psicología

A investigação ora apresentada objetivou averiguar quais as noções de internacionalização perpassam as reflexões empreendidas sobre tal processo no âmbito da Pós-Graduação brasileira em Psicologia. Analisou-se documentos de eventos da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Psicologia (ANPEPP), responsável por discutir os rumos da pós-graduação na área. Entre os principais resultados, identificou-se que são diversas as formas de conceber a internacionalização: como conjunto de atividades para ampliar a interação entre os pesquisadores nacionais e estrangeiros; como inserção internacional das publicações; como qualidade do conhecimento produzido, dentre outras noções. É relacionada, ainda, com o uso de outro idioma além do nacional, principalmente o inglês. Subjacente a essas ideias, a internacionalização é entendida ora como meio para o desenvolvimento científico e social, ora como um fim em si mesmo. Discute-se as implicações dessas noções para o próprio processo de internacionalização e para a ciência desenvolvida no âmbito da pós-graduação em Psicologia.

The present study aimed at determining which concepts of internationalization are present in the reflections used in this process in Brazilian graduate studies in Psychology. Documents were analyzed from National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP) events, which discuss the direction of graduate studies in the area. The primary results demonstrate that there are several forms of conceiving internationalization, such as activities to broaden interaction between national and foreign researchers; publish in international journals; and improve the quality of the knowledge produced, in addition to using languages other than Portuguese, mainly English. Underlying these ideas, internationalization is understood as both a means for scientific and social development and an end in itself. The implications of these concepts for the internationalization process and the science developed in graduate studies in Psychology are also discussed

La investigación presentada tuvo como objetivo investigar qué nociones de internacionalización impregnan las reflexiones sobre tal proceso en el Posgrado Brasileño en Psicología. Se analizaron documentos de la Asociación Nacional de Investigación y Posgrado en Psicología (ANPEPP), encargada de discutir las orientaciones del posgrado en el área. Entre los principales resultados, se identificó que existen varias formas de concebir la internacionalización: como conjunto de actividades para ampliar la interacción entre investigadores nacionales y extranjeros; como inserción internacional de publicaciones; como calidad del conocimiento producido, entre otras nociones. También se relaciona con el uso de un idioma distinto al brasileño, especialmente el inglés. Subyacente a estas ideas, la internacionalización se entiende o como un medio para el desarrollo científico y social, o como un fin en sí mismo. Se discuten las consecuencias de estas nociones para el p

Latin American scientific contribution to ecology

ABSTRACT Latin America embodies countries of special interest for ecological studies, given that areas with great value for biodiversity are located within their territories. This highlights the importance of an evaluation of ecological research in the Latin America region. We assessed the scientific participation of Latin American researchers in ecological journals, patterns of international collaboration, and defined the main characteristics of the articles. Although Latin American publications have increased in fourteen years, they accounted up to 9% of publications in Ecology. Brazil leaded the scientific production in Latin America, followed by Argentina and Mexico. In general, Latin American articles represented a low percentage of most journals total publication, with particularly low expression in high impact-factor journals. A half of the Latin American publications had international collaboration. Articles with more than five authors and with international collaboration were the most cited. Descriptive studies, mainly based in old theories, are still majority, suggesting that Ecology is in a developing stage in Latin America.

Producción científica en diabetes en Perú: Un estudio bibliométrico / Scientific production in diabetes in Peru: A bibliometric study

Objective: to describe the scientific production related to diabetes in Peru between 1996 and 2015. Methods: Bibliometric study. Scientific papers on diabetes published between 1996 and 2015 were identified by authors with Peruvian affiliation in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) andScopus databases. The variables of interest were extracted manually We present descriptive results and collaborative networks. Results: We found 81 publications, 75.3% were original articles, of which none evaluated public health interventions and 60.7% received foreign funding; 55.6% had an author affiliated with the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), and 65.4% had a foreign author. Five clusters of international collaboration networks could be distinguished, all with the participation of the UPCH. Conclusion: Peruvian scientific production related to diabetes is low, with an absence of studies evaluating public health interventions, and with collaboration networks focused on UPCH.

Objetivo: describir la producción científica en diabetes en Perú entre 1996 y 2015. Métodos: Estudio bibliométrico. Se identificaron publicaciones científicas sobre diabetes que tuvieran algún autor con filiación peruana, en las bases de datos Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) y Scopus, entre 1996 y 2015. Se extrajeron manualmente las variables de interés. Se presentaron los resultados descriptivos y las redes de colaboración. Resultados: Se encontraron 81 publicaciones, el 75,3% fueron artículos originales, de las cuales ninguno evaluó intervenciones en salud pública y 60,7% recibieron financiamiento extranjero. El 55,6% tuvieron algún autor afiliado a la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), y el 65,4% algún autor extranjero. Se puedo distinguir cinco conglomerados de redes de colaboración internacional, todos con participación de la UPCH. Conclusión: La producción científica peruana en diabetes ha sido baja, con ausencia de estudios que evalúen intervenciones en salud pública, y con redes de colaboración centradas en la UPCH.

Implementation and management of clinical research training / 中华医学科研管理杂志

Clinical research design is the beginning and the cornerstone for clinical research,and it functions as the preliminary step of translational research.In order to improve clinical research ability,foster quality research talents team,and to promote the development of translational research,Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) started to provide the online course Designing Clinical Research (DCR),which has greatly contributed to enhancing clinical research capacity.The management of DCR online course serves as a great exploration on training junior medical professionals and international research collaboration.This study aims at sharing the management experiences of clinical research design and junior talents training.

The Einstein-Brazil Fogarty: A decade of synergy

Abstract A rich, collaborative program funded by the US NIH Fogarty program in 2004 has provided for a decade of remarkable opportunities for scientific advancement through the training of Brazilian undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students from the Federal University and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation systems at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The focus of the program has been on the development of trainees in the broad field of Infectious Diseases, with a particular focus on diseases of importance to the Brazilian population. Talented trainees from various regions in Brazil came to Einstein to learn techniques and study fungal, parasitic and bacterial pathogens. In total, 43 trainees enthusiastically participated in the program. In addition to laboratory work, these students took a variety of courses at Einstein, presented their results at local, national and international meetings, and productively published their findings. This program has led to a remarkable synergy of scientific discovery for the participants during a time of rapid acceleration of the scientific growth in Brazil. This collaboration between Brazilian and US scientists has benefitted both countries and serves as a model for future training programs between these countries.

Awareness of Asbestos and Action Plans for Its Exposure can Help Lives Exposed to Asbestos

Despite the fact that asbestos is a known carcinogen to humans, it is still used in industrialized countries, especially Asian countries. The global incidence of asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) due to the past use of asbestos, continues to increase, although many countries have adopted a total ban on asbestos use. The implementation of effective strategies to eliminate ARDs is therefore an important challenge in Asia, where asbestos is still mined and consumed. Collaborative efforts and strategies at the local and international levels are vital, in the pursuit toward the elimination of ARDs in this region.

Hitos de la ciencia cubana en el siglo XXI, una revisión a partir de los trabajos más citados en Scopus durante el período 2006-2010 / Milestones of the Cuban Science in the XXI century, a review of the most cited papers in Scopus during the period 2006-2010

La presente revisión, estructurada en dos partes, identifica y describe los artículos de investigación desarrollados con la intervención de autores e instituciones cubanas que han tenido mayor impacto sobre la comunidad científica internacional durante la primera década del siglo XXI. Esta segunda parte abarca el período 2006-2010. La cantidad de citas recibidas fue el criterio utilizado para la identificación de los trabajos más relevantes. Se utilizó la base de datos Scopus y el portal SCImago Journal & Country Rank como fuentes de información. Se tuvo en cuenta el rol de los autores e instituciones cubanas, así como el aporte de la colaboración internacional y la visibilidad de las publicaciones seriadas donde se dieron a conocer los trabajos, como variables de análisis para la caracterización de las investigaciones. A pesar de que la investigación biomédica también fue predominante durante los últimos cinco años de la década, diferentes estudios climatológicos y meteorológicos, así como importantes experimentos en el área de la física de altas energías, constituyeron investigaciones clave durante esta segunda etapa

The current review, structured in two parts, identifies and describes the research articles developed by Cuban authors and institutions with the highest impact on the international scientific community during the first decade of XXI Century. The second part covered the period 2006-2010. The amount of citations was the used criteria for the identification of the most relevant papers. Scopus database and the SCImago Journal & Country Rank portal were used as information sources. The role of Cuban authors and institutions, the support of international collaboration and the visibility of the journals where the papers were published, as analytical variables for the researches characterization, were studied. Despite biomedical research was also predominant during the last five years of the decade, a group of different climate and meteorological studies, as well as important experiments in the field of high energy physics, were key research during this second stage

Historical development of environmental education in Bulgaria.

The article discusses the periods of environmental education (EE) development in connection with internal social and global international influences, mainly the effect of the First United Nations Conference on Human environment in Stockholm 1972, the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the 2002 Earth Summit in Johannesburg. It pays attention to the impact of the social background and the role of science and pedalogical research on the different stages in the curricular and textbooks development. The school subjects‘ contents and educational technologies also evolved towards student-centered interactive education in school and out of school. A system of EE from nursery to postgraduate and lifelong education was developed in 1984 and a great part of it has been introduced in the different educational stages since then. After 1989 more than 132 NGOs and communities on ecology and environmental education were established and many others incorporated environmental education aspects in their activities. Still there are many unsolved problems in EE.

Hitos de la ciencia cubana en el siglo XXI, una revisión a partir de los trabajos más citados en Scopus en el período 2001-2005 / Milestones of the Cuban Science in the XXI Century, a review of the most cited papers in Scopus, 2001-2005

La presente revisión, estructurada en dos partes, identifica y describe los artículos de investigación desarrollados con la intervención de autores e instituciones cubanas que han tenido mayor impacto sobre la comunidad científica internacional durante la primera década del Siglo XXI. Esta primera parte abarca el período 2001-2005. La cantidad de citas recibidas fue el criterio utilizado para la identificación de los trabajos más relevantes. Se utilizó la base de datos Scopus y el portal SCImago Journal & Country Rank como fuentes de información. Se tuvo en cuenta el rol de los autores e instituciones cubanas, así como el aporte de la colaboración internacional y la visibilidad de las publicaciones seriadas donde se dieron a conocer los trabajos, como variables de análisis para la caracterización de las investigaciones. Se confirmó la concentración de las investigaciones con mayor visibilidad internacional en el área biomédica durante los primeros cinco años de la década.

The current review, structured in two parts, identifies and describes the research articles developed by Cuban authors and institutions with the highest impact on the international scientific community during the first decade of XXI Century. The first part covered the period 2001-2005. The amount of citations was the used criteria for the identification of the most relevant papers. Scopus database and the SCImago Journal & Country Rank portal were used as information sources. The role of Cuban authors and institutions, the support of international collaboration, and the visibility of the journals where the papers were published, as analytical variables for the researches characterization, were studied. The concentration of the higher visibility in the biomedical area during the first five years of the decade was confirmed.

Enfermedades no transmisibles: emergencia de salud pública en cámara lenta: un desafío para Chile / Non communicable diseases: a slow speed emergency: a challenge for Chile

Las enfermedades no transmisibles (ENTs), cardiovasculares, cáncer, diabetes y enfermedades respiratorias crónicas son la principal causa de muerte en Chile y en el mundo. Cuatro factores de riesgo conductuales: tabaquismo, dieta no saludable, actividad física insuficiente y el consumo perjudicial de alcohol, asociados a la transición económica, la urbanización acelerada y el estilo de vida del siglo XXI, son en gran parte la causa de estas enfermedades, las que emergen como un desafío macroeconómico para el desarrollo. La pandemia de ENTs tiene su origen en la pobreza y afecta en forma desproporcionada a los más desposeídos. Las intervenciones que han demostrado ser más efectivas para reducir las ENTs son aquellas dirigidas a prevenir los factores de riesgo señalados a nivel poblacional. Aunque Chile ha suscrito las principales iniciativas propuestas por la OMS para combatir los factores de riesgo señalados, su implementación es aún incompleta. El país ha avanzado en muchos aspectos, pero tiene importantes desafíos en términos de la vigilancia de las ENTs, el fortalecimiento de la APS, incluyendo los recursos humanos y financiamiento, y la incorporación de tecnologías. Abordar los factores de riesgo y los determinantes sociales de la salud excede la capacidad del sector salud y requiere una respuesta multisectorial con la participación del sector público, privado, la sociedad civil y la colaboración internacional. La reunión de alto nivel en Naciones Unidas en septiembre 2011, sobre Prevención y Control de las Enfermedades no Transmisibles señala el inicio de un proceso para abordar las ENTs para el cual se requiere el liderazgo del Estado de Chile para prevenir o mitigar el impacto de estas enfermedades en las personas, particularmente en aquellas más vulnerables.

Non communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death worldwide and in Chile. Behavioural risk factors – tobacco, an unhealthy diet, insufficient physical exercise, and alcohol abuse, together with the economic transition, swift urbanization and the 21st century lifestyles are the main cause of these conditions, which in turn are a macroeconomic challenge to development. The NCDs pandemic is rooted in poverty and particularly affects the poor. The interventions that have proved to be most effective in reducing the NCDs are those aimed at the prevention, at population level, of the above mentioned factors. Although Chile has accepted the main initiatives proposed by WHO in order to fight those factors, their implementation is still not complete. Progress has been achieved in some aspects, but important challenges remain in the areas of epidemiological surveillance of NCDs, and of PHC strengthening particularly in regard to human, financial and technological resources. The task of addressing the risk factors and the social determinants of health excedes the capability of the health care sector and requires a multisectorial response, with the participation of the public and private sectors, civil society and international collaboration. The UN high level Meeting on Prevention and Control of NCDs, in September 2011, marks the beginning of a process for which the leadership of the Chilean Government is required in order to prevent or mitigate the impact of these diseases on individuals, and particulrly on the most vulnerable ones.

The role of monitoring and evaluation in the implementation of international collaboration programs on disease control and prevention / 中国艾滋病性病

Program monitoring and evaluation (M & E) is the major method used in the international collaboration programs on disease control and prevention in China in recent years. It functions in the progress overseeing,problem finding and solving in terms of enhancing the program quality,managing the work plan,summing up the experiences,auditing the performance and finally achieving the expected goal. The indicators and implementation progress based on M & E serve as a scientific tool to measure the program implementation outcome periodically.

International Collaborative Study of the Effectiveness of Computer-Based Educational Materials for Clinical-Skills Training: Report of a Study at Kochi Medical School / 医学教育

The abundant computer-based materials for medical education developed in Europe and North America have found limited use in Japan. To remedy this situation, the usefulness of such educational materials for Japanese students should be clearly presented, because issues of language and cost are involved. For detailed evaluation of educational material, collaboration with the developing institution is necessary. Kochi Medical School participated in an international collaborative study proposed by the University of British Columbia to evaluate computer-based educational materials. The study evaluated computer-based educational materials for clinical-skills training (CyberPatient) developed at the University of British Columbia. Fourteen medical educational institutions from six countries participated in the study. Kochi Medical School's portion of the study was successfully performed in December 2001. However, we found four problems related to this collaborative study: dealing with foreign languages in educational materials, establishing rapid communication, flexibly coping with sudden changes in study design, and guaranteeing the coherence of the study design among collaborating institutions.

The problem of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

The disease, caused by the adult and larva of Taenia solium, spread to the western part of Irian Jaya crossing the border of Indonesian to Papua New Guinea. Twenty local health centers reported 638 and 945 new cases with epileptic seizures in 1994 and 1995 respectively. Questionnaires were distributed to 31 respondents with results as follows: 83.9% were illiterate, 93.6% farmers and all of them sometimes ate not well-cooked pork; no other meat was consumed. In this area no healthy drinking water was available; also there was no sanitary facilities. Pigs were roaming around the houses, rarely the pigs were put behind fences. After international collaboration with several institutions, e.g with Asahikawa Medical College, Japan, 29 serum samples were examined by immunoblot with positive results for 67% of the cases suffering from epileptic seizures and 65% with subcutaneous nodules. Moving of people to other areas personal and environmental hygiene, the importance of pigs in the daily life of the community were important issues in maintaning the disease being caused by T.Solium in this area.