title: [Epidemiologic research in Italy: a comparison with the rest of Europe and the United States].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  the study describes the burden of the Italian epidemiological research compared to that of the other 26 countries belonging to the European Union and to that of the United States, in the period 2007-2009. This is accomplished for both scientific published papers and grants obtained.
  
  
  METHODS
  the searching in Medline database (February 2010) was done through complex search strings based on keywords corresponding to the various epidemiological research fields; grants were identified through 7th Framework Program (FP7), among those funded within February 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  proportions of epidemiological papers published by researchers of the different countries and total number and amount of granted research projects for each European country.
  
  
  RESULTS
  in the period 2007-2009 epidemiological papers by Italian researchers account for about one-eighth of the total European production. This makes of Italy the second country in production, after the United Kingdom. Moreover, Italy is involved in 51.3%of the 374 studies granted through FP7: at least one Italian research body participates in 154 projects and Italian researches co-ordinate 38 projects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  in Italy biomedical and epidemiological research is in a developing phase despite the difficulties due to the decrease in the amount of funds available.Moreover, Italian research is carried out mainly by public bodies and by Universities, even if a deeper involvement of local health authorities and regional agencies is desirable.
authors: Centro di riferimento per l'epidemiologia e prevenzione oncologica in Piemonte e Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy. federica.gallo@cpo.it
authors: Federica
authors: F
authors: Gallo
authors: Nereo
authors: N
authors: Segnan
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007558:Italy; D039781:PubMed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States