| Autor: |
Bakur A. Jamjoom, Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
eNeurologicalSci, Vol 4, Iss C, Pp 1-3 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2405-6502 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ensci.2016.03.002 |
| Popis: |
Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify the top 50 countries in the world in clinical neurology research and to use their data to assess the impact of a number of country-specific characteristics on scientific productivity in clinical neurology. Methods: The SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SCR) web site was used to identify the top 50 countries in the world based on their total documents in clinical neurology. Using their data 5 country-specific characteristics and 6 productivity indicators (total documents, total cites, h-index, citable documents, self-cites and citations per document) were correlated and examined statistically. Results: The number of universities in the world top 500 and the number of clinical neurology journals enlisted in SCR correlated significantly with each of the 6 indicators. The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and the percentage of GDP spent on research and development (R & D) correlated significantly with 3 and 4 out of the 6 indicators respectively. The population size did not correlate significantly with any of the 6 indicators. Conclusions: The number of universities in the world top 500 and the number of clinical neurology journals enlisted in SCR appear to have a strong impact on scientific productivity. GDP per capita and spending on R & D appear to have a moderate impact on productivity that is influenced by the indicator used. Furthermore, population size appears to have no significant impact on productivity in clinical neurology research. |
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