57 research outputs found
Research and Collaboration Overview of Institut Pasteur International Network: A Bibliometric Approach toward Research Funding Decisions
No full textBackground Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN), which includes 32 research institutes around the world, is a network of research and expertise to fight against infectious diseases. A scientometric approach was applied to describe research and collaboration activities of IPIN. Methods Publications were identified using a manual search of IPIN member addresses in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) between 2006 and 2011. Total publications were then subcategorized by geographic regions. Several scientometric indicators and the H-index were employed to estimate the scientific production of each IPIN member. Subject and geographical overlay maps were also applied to visualize the network activities of the IPIN members. Results A total number of 12667 publications originated from IPIN members. Each author produced an average number of 2.18 papers and each publication received an average of 13.40 citations. European Pasteur Institutes had the largest amount of publications, authored papers, and H-index values. Biochemistry and molecular biology, microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases were the most important research topics, respectively. Geographic mapping of IPIN publications showed wide international collaboration among IPIN members around the world. Conclusion IPIN has strong ties with national and international authorities and organizations to investigate the current and future health issues. It is recommended to use scientometric and collaboration indicators as measures of research performance in IPIN future policies and investment decisions
Research and collaboration overview of Institut Pasteur International Network: a bibliometric approach toward research funding decisions
No full textBackground:
Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN), which includes 32 research institutes around the
world, is a network of research and expertise to fight against infectious diseases. A scientometric approach was
applied to describe research and collaboration activities of IPIN.
Methods:
Publications were identified using a manual search of IPIN member addresses in Science Citation Index
Expanded (SCIE) between 2006 and 2011. Total publications were then subcategorized by geographic regions.
Several scientometric indicators and the H-index were employed to estimate the scientific production of each
IPIN member. Subject and geographical overlay maps were also applied to visualize the network activities of the
IPIN members.
Results:
A total number of 12667 publications originated from IPIN members. Each author produced an average
number of 2.18 papers and each publication received an average of 13.40 citations. European Pasteur Institutes
had the largest amount of publications, authored papers, and H-index values. Biochemistry and molecular
biology, microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases were the most important research topics, respectively.
Geographic mapping of IPIN publications showed wide international collaboration among IPIN members around
the world.
Conclusion:
IPIN has strong ties with national and international authorities and organizations to investigate the
current and future health issues. It is recommended to use scientometric and collaboration indicators as measures
of research performance in IPIN future policies and investment decisions
10 Years Citation Analysis Of Dentistry Theses And Selected Scholarly Papers At Kerman University Of Medical Sciences
No full textBackground
and Aim: Scientific journals are the most
major tools in disseminating research findings. With the increasing number and price of scientific journals, libraries
need to select journals. Citation analysis is a practical method in identifying
the best titles to be subscribed. This study was to identify core journals in
the field of dentistry using citation analysis. Materials
and Methods: Two hundered and seventy six
documents including dentistry theses (241 titles) and faculty papers (35
titles) indexed in Science Citation Index (SCIE) were selected and their
references were extracted and evaluated using citation analysis methods. The
distribution frequency of journals confirmed the Bradford’s Law of Scattering
representing core dentistry journals. Results:
Eleven thousand
twenty three references were totally extracted. Average reference per theses
and papers was 39/25 and 44/74, respectively. English journals and books were
the most frequent referred documents having 95% of total references approximately.
The most updated references were in English dated during 2001-2005 and
2006-2010. Using the Bradford’s Law, five journals were introduced as core
dentistry journals. Conclusion: Selecting and subscribing core
journals leads into cost-effectiveness in libraries and plays an important role
in meeting user’s needs. While having
many challenges in accessing scientific resources, core journals selection and
subscription is an intelligent action
resulting in effective use of financial resources
The Scientific Output of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in Web of Science
No full textBackground & Objective: Publishing in journals indexed in well-known indexes is the best way to present an article internationally. It also illustrates the contribution of scholars to the advancement of knowledge in the world. This study aimed to investigate the scientific output of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in Web of Science (WOS) during 2004 to 2013. Methods: This applied research uses scientometrics and citation methods to investigate the scientific publications of Kerman University of Medical Sciences during 2004-2013. The data were gathered from Web of Science. Results: During this time period, researchers at Kerman University of Medical Sciences had published 1053 documents in WOS. Most of the documents were in article format. The growth rate of scientific contribution was 70% and the university’s H-index was 30. The papers’ distribution followed the Lotka’s law. In total, the papers had received 4619 citations. Only 2.47% of papers were written by one author. The studied researchers had the most collaboration with Tehran University of Medical Sciences among Iranian universities and the University of Amsterdam among foreign universities. The fields pharmacy and pharmacology had produced the most papers. Conclusion: The results indicated a growing trend in publications and high rates of scientific collaboration by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. It is suggested that different departments follow the experience of departments with the most productivity in order to increase their output. In this way all departments will contribute to the university’s scientific output. Moroever, new policies should be considered to increase the citation rate. Key Words: Science production, Web of Science (WOS), Citation, Document, Scientometrics, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, H-inde
Variations in Ischemic Heart Disease Research by Country, Income, Development and Burden of Disease: A Scientometric Approach
No full textINTRODUCTION:
Ischemic heart diseases (IHDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. However the global burden of IHD has been concentrated on developing countries, where limited research efforts have been made to address these needs. This study aimed to understand the global distribution of IHD research activities by looking at the countries' burden of disease, income and development data.
METHODS:
As a scientometric study, Scopus database was searched for research publications indexed under the medical subject heading (MeSH) 'myocardial ischemia' including the following terms: coronary artery disease, coronary heart disease, and ischemic heart disease. The number of research publications in Scopus database was recorded for each individual year 2000-2012, and for each country. Data for estimated IHD disability-adjusted life-year's (DALY's), gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and human development index were also included for the analysis.
RESULTS:
IHD research publications were most likely produced by European and Western pacific countries. High-income countries produced the greatest share of about 81% of the global IHD research. However, no significant association observed between the countries' GDP and number of research publications worldwide (OR = 0.98, P = 0.939). Global IHD research found to be strongly associated with the burden of disease (P < 0.0001) and the countries' HDI values worldwide (OR = 16.8, P = 0.016).
CONCLUSION:
Our study suggested that global research on IHD were geographically distributed and highly concentrated among the world's richest countries. Estimated DALYs and HDI were found as important predictors of IHD research and the key drivers of health research disparities across the world
A comparison of downloads, readership and citations data for the Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas
No full textAbstractThis article reflects the comparison of downloads, readership and citation data for the Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas. A brief analysis of the journal’s recent performance indicates that the journal articles appear to have a high rate of downloads around the world. Its published articles are from a variety of countries and the odds of accepted articles for publication is surprisingly even across regions. However, the rate of received citations to the published articles indicated a lack of considerable impact in scholarly publications. This approach has double value as it shows the overall impact of the journal in social web as well as scholarly publications and also provides future directions for the journal’s editorial boards. Altmetrics was also proposed as an alternative to the widely used citation and usage indicators in tracking the impact of individual articles
Stochastic optimization for power management in radial distribution networks with renewable photovoltaic generation
No full textThe author has granted permission for their work to be available to the general public.The stochastic nature of solar renewable power poses challenges in distribution networks with high-penetration photovoltaic (PV) generation in terms of maintaining adequate generation to satisfy end-users as well as accomplishing voltage regulation. However, real power control of modern programmable electric loads and reactive power compensation from the power electronic interfaces of PV generators offer opportunities to overcome these challenges to eventually achieve customer satisfaction and minimize costs for the operation of distribution systems. To cope with the random and intermittent nature of solar generation, this thesis introduces a stochastic optimization model for real and reactive power management in such distribution systems with a large number of residential-scale PV generation units. Decision variables include demand response schedules of programmable loads, as well as reactive power consumption or generation by the PV inverters in a fashion adaptive to the uncertain real power generation. Voltage regulation is also addressed in the stochastic optimization framework through enforcement of suitable constraints or using principles of risk-averse optimization. A decentralized solver based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is also developed featuring closed-form updates per node and communication only between neighboring nodes. Numerical tests are provided to demonstrate the superior performance of applying this stochastic optimization model for power management in large distribution networks compared to other proposed schemes in the literature.Electrical and Computer Engineerin
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