title: Algerian medical teachers' research output and its determinants during the 2000-2009 decade.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Publications are the primary output of scientific research. We conducted a national study to quantify Algerian medical teachers' research output and identify its determinants during the 2000-2009 decade.
  
  
  METHODS
  The American Medline database and the French Pascal database were used. A publication was eligible only if the lead author was an Algerian medical teacher (in medicine, pharmacy, or dentistry) working in Algeria. The same questionnaire was completed by cases (teachers who were first authors of an original article during the study period) and randomly selected controls. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors related to research output.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 79 original articles (42.2% of publications) were retrieved, a quarter of which were listed in Pascal alone. The publication rate was 2.6 original articles per 1000 teachers per year. The journals that published these original articles had a median impact factor of 0.83. The ability to publish an original article was 4.3 times higher if the teacher had undergone training in biostatistics and/or epidemiology (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=4.31, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.79-10.38). A promotion evaluation grid that did not encourage writing (aOR=3.44, 95% CI: 1.42-8.33), a doctoral thesis, seniority, foreign collaboration, and English language proficiency were found to be associated with publication output.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Algerian medical teachers' research output was particularly low. Replacing the current promotion grid with a grid that promotes writing, developing abilities to read and write articles and developing English language proficiency are likely to improve this situation.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Department, CHU de Blida, hôpital F.-Fanon, 09200 Zabana, Blida, Algeria. Electronic address: bezzaoucha_djellil@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bezzaoucha
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Department, CHU de Blida, hôpital F.-Fanon, 09200 Zabana, Blida, Algeria.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Atif
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Department, CHU de Blida, hôpital F.-Fanon, 09200 Zabana, Blida, Algeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouamra
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Department, CHU de Blida, hôpital F.-Fanon, 09200 Zabana, Blida, Algeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Kebboub
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Department, CHU de Blida, hôpital F.-Fanon, 09200 Zabana, Blida, Algeria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benzerga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Abdelaziz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soulimane
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ladner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borgès Da Silva
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meguenni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quessar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Heroual
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouguizi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boussouf
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Makhlouf
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lamdjadani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tibiche
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbassene
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Regagba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benameur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000462:Algeria; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Algeria; Algérie; Enseignants en médecine; Grille d’évaluation; Medical teachers; Medline; Pascal; Production scientifique; Promotion grid; Research output