title: [Evolution and scientific impact of research grants from the spanish society of cardiology and spanish heart foundation (2000-2006)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Sociedad Española de Cardiología (Spanish Society of Cardiology) every year awards grants to finance research in the field of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study is to identify the impact of these investments during the period 2000-2006 from the subsequently published articles in scientific journals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the identifying data of each project as search terms, all articles that resulted from these grants were located in the Spanish Índice Médico Español and Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud databases, and in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Scopus. Descriptive statistical analysis of these articles included type of grant, number and amount awarded per year, and the recipient's sex and institutional affiliation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Sociedad Española de Cardiología awarded €3,270,877 to 207 recipients, an average annual total of €467,268. We identified 231 publications that resulted from 123 (59.42%) of these grants. The average number of articles per grant awarded was 1.12, and 1.9 when taking into account only the awards that led to publication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  During the period 2000 to 2006, the Sociedad Española de Cardiología/ Fundación Española del Corazón (Spanish Heart Foundation) provided about €500,000 per year to fund research grants, thereby contributing to the fight against cardiovascular diseases. Almost 60% of grants have led to publications, 73% of which were published in international journals, and 91.34% in national or international journals with an impact factor in the Journal Citation Reports.
authors: Unidad de Información e Investigación Social y Sanitaria-UISYS, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, España. Rafael.Aleixandre@uv.es
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mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005582:Foundations; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013030:Spain