title: Assessing clinical and life sciences performance of research institutions in Split, Croatia, 2000-2006.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate publications of clinical and life scientists from research institutions in Split, Croatia, and the publication output from government-funded research projects of the University of Split School of Medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the number of publications from research institutions in Split, Croatia, in the 2000-2006 period, relative impact factors, predominant research fields, output of researchers from the University of Split School of Medicine receiving government research grants, and the average price of published article.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 2000 to 2006, clinical and life scientists published 350 articles indexed in Thomson Scientific database Current Contents. The number of articles increased from 30 in 2000 to 76 in 2006, and the average impact factor of journals where these articles were published increased from 2.03 in 2000 to 2.89 in 2006. Twenty percent of articles (72/350) were published in the Croatian Medical Journal. Principal investigators of the 12 research projects receiving government grants published 0 to 8 articles related to the project topic in the 2002-2006 research grant cycle. The research grantees published 78 original research articles, with an average price per article of euro 29.210 euros.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the number and impact factor of research articles published by clinical and life scientists from Split, Croatia, is increasing, it is still low when the number of scientists is taken into account. There should be better mechanisms of control and evaluation of research performance of government-funded research projects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split School of Medicine, Soltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia. livia@mefst.hr
authors.forename: Livia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Puljak
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vukojević
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lovrić Kojundzić
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sapunar
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000592:standards*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D017523:Croatia; D004526:Efficiency; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000592:standards*