[Scientific productivity standards and the National Automous University of Mexico School of Medicine].
The scientific production at theNational Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) School of Medicine was analyzed during the period from 1999 to 2002. We found the following: 1) 94.83% of total international scientific papers was recovered; 2) mean impact factor had a value of 2.5, ca. the value reported by CONACYT, México, for the period 1998-2002; 3) percentage of corresponding authors was 58.83%, 27.80% of papers were national collaborations, 9.83% were international collaborations, and 3.37% corresponded to personal publications; 4) by using corresponding author and collaborations, academic leaders were identified; 5) there are differences among academic departments, and 6) basic research from the UNAM School of Medicine contributes 14% of national research and teaches ca. 2,450 students per year. It is proposed that this type of analysis should be used to establish the politics of science.
Martínez
Federico
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Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. fedem@bq.unam.mx
Palomares
Alejandra
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Piña
Enrique
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D015706:Bibliometrics; D008800:Mexico; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012577:Schools, Medical