Scientific research of senior Italian academics of occupational medicine: a citation analysis of products published during the decade 2001-2010.
This article analyzes 10 years of scientific publications among senior Italian academics in occupational medicine by means of citation analysis. Articles published during the decade 2001-2010 were analyzed by means of Elsevier's Scopus. Scientific performance was assessed by means of 9 different indices (including total number of papers, total citations, h-index). Most papers were submitted to journals of allergy and respiratory medicine, biochemistry, and toxicology. Only 11.9% of the 1,689 papers were published in journals of occupational medicine. The authors' h-index was 10.1 (mean) and 9.5 (median) for the overall production. Productivity was associated with number of contributing authors. Most papers cover topics in the mainstream of other disciplines, evidencing that journals of occupational medicine do not play a primary role in the scientific panorama of medical sciences. This could imply consequences for the discipline.
a Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, School of Medicine of Modena University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , Modena , Italy.
Giuliano
G
Franco
D015706:Bibliometrics; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
academics; citation analysis; evaluation; impact factor; occupational medicine