title: Predictors of publication productivity among hospital pharmacists in France and Quebec.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe publications by hospital pharmacists in France and Quebec and evaluate factors predictive of publication productivity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Variables related to scientific publication productivity were identified through a search of the literature and organized into 4 themes (ie, personal and professional characteristics, hospital activities, research and publishing activities, publication-related motivations and perceptions). A questionnaire was developed that included short-answer items and 58 multiple-choice questions to determine respondents' level of agreement with statements about their motivations and perceptions surrounding publishing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four hundred twenty-two hospital pharmacists (218 respondents from France and 204 from Quebec) were recruited. Respondents from France were more prolific than those from Quebec, even when considering factors such as time worked and gender. Furthermore, the percentage of respondents working in a university health center was lower in France than Quebec (46% vs. 70%, p = 0.001), as was the percentage of respondents indicating a mastery of English (43% vs. 88%, p = 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seven factors were predictive of the number of publications per respondent in France and Quebec: practicing hospital pharmacy in France, being male, having academic duties or a PhD, having participated in a clinical trial, having secured funding in one's own name for a research project, and allocating a greater number of hours per week to research.
authors: University Hospital Center Brest, Brest, France.
authors: Joachim
authors: J
authors: Lelièvre
authors: Jean-François
authors: JF
authors: Bussières
authors: Denis
authors: D
authors: Lebel
authors: Sonia
authors: S
authors: Prot-Labarthe
mesh_terms: D004526:Efficiency; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011792:Quebec; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires