Mapping Australia's basic research in the medical and health sciences.
The Institute for Scientific Information indexes most of the major international basic research journals in science in the Science Citation Index (SCI). Australia's presence in the medical and health sciences journals in the SCI and the citations its published research receives in these journals show that Australia's basic medical research has high international "visibility". Mapping the source of the most highly "visible" Australian medical research articles shows high impact research coming from several different sectors (research institutes, universities, hospitals, etc.), but with a concentration in the member institutions of the Australian Association of Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI). Published research from the AAMRI is cited at a rate two-thirds higher than the Australian average for medical and health sciences.
Bourke
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Research Evaluation and Policy Project, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. paulb@coombs.anu.edu.au
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D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001315:Australia; D001319:Authorship; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012958:Societies, Scientific