title: [Objective evaluation and comparison of the scientific publication from the departments of the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris: analysis of the SIGAPS score].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the results of the bibliometric system (SIGAPS score) of scientific publications in the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) and to compare the scientific production among the various medical and surgical specialties of the academic hospitals of Paris.
  
  
  METHODS
  All the publications imported from Pubmed between 2006 and 2008 were included. The following data were taken into account and analysed: the hospital department of origin, the number of articles published, the number of full-time physicians, the SIGAPS score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-eight thousand, seven hundred and nine publications were included. The departments were consisted of 747 full-time practitioners 5719 (1895 Professors [33.1%], 2772 Assistant Professors [48.4%] and 1052 fellows [18.4%]). The average number of full-time practitioner by department was 7.7±6.7 (range 1-69). The average total number of articles published in a department was 51.8±49.4 (range 1-453). The average SIGAPS score was more important in medicine than in surgery (621.2±670.1 vs. 401±382.2; P=0.01) but not the average number of article per practitioner (8.1±8.3 vs. 6.6±6.2; P=0.0797). The mean number of publication by full-time practitioner was 7.9±7.8 (1-45), or an average of 2.7±2.6 for each full-time practitioner each year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Academic hospitals in Paris have a reasonably scientific output but with a mean of 2.7 articles per full-time practitioner per year. No major differences between medical and surgical disciplines were observed.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale et digestive, faculté de médecine Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, université Paris 6, hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faron
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Drouin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glanard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chartier-Kastler
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Parc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rouprêt
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010297:Paris; D010819:Physician's Role; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D039781:PubMed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011642:Publications / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012586:Science / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors