title: [Trends and evolutions of French breast cancer research: a bibliometric study].
abstract: This article presents a bibliometric study carried out in order to describe the trends and evolutions of French breast cancer research from 2003 to 2013. The results show an increase in the number of publications, especially international publications coordinated by non-French institutions. The most visible topics, in terms of number of publications by keywords, are related to biology, clinical trials and genetics. Most publications are written by authors affiliated to comprehensive cancer centres, followed by universities, research centres, university hospitals and governmental agencies. The importance of publications by topic varies throughout the years: there has been an increase of the number of publications related to targeted therapies or genomics. The importance of institutions or country affiliation of authors varies with the topics. This study, especially the analysis by keywords, enables the coordinators of research programs to identify the predominant actors and themes.
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave-Roussy, service des affaires européennes et internationales, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France. Electronic address: frederique.thonon@gustaveroussy.fr.
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thonon
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave-Roussy, service des affaires européennes et internationales, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France; Institut Gustave-Roussy, comité de pathologie mammaire, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Mahasti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saghatchian
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave-Roussy, bibliothèque médicale, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Alexia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nerfie
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave-Roussy, comité de pathologie mammaire, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Suzette
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delaloge
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Base de données bibliographiques; Bibliographic database; Bibliometrics; Bibliométrie; Breast cancer; Cancer du sein; France; Medical research; Recherche médicale