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Pain research in Croatia: Analysis of bibliometric trends

DAMIR SAPUNAR orcid.org/0000-0002-8352-4402 ; Laboratory for Pain Research, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia
SANDRA KOSTIĆ ; Laboratory for Pain Research, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia
ADRIANA BANOŽIĆ ; Laboratory for Pain Research, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia
LEJLA FERHATOVIĆ ; Laboratory for Pain Research, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia
LIVIA PULJAK ; Laboratory for Pain Research, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia

Sažetak

Background and Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate number and type of Croatian publications in the field of pain research, and to compare it with peers.

Material and Methods: The raw data were collected during February
2011 from the three Current Contents (CC) database subsets: Life Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Social & Behavioral Sciences. We combined two data sets: the one with articles published by authors affiliated with Croatian institutions and the one with pain-related keywords.We studied number of publications, their impact factors and type of collaborations. Publications of Croatian authors in the field of pain research were compared with identical
dataset comprising articles published by researchers from Graz, Austria, because of its comparable scientific production.

Results: From 1998 to 2011, scientists from Croatian institutions published 194 pain-related articles indexed in CC, compared to 187 articles published by their peers from Graz. The 32% percent of articles were published in the local low-impact journals. The number of Croatian research publications in the field of pain is steadily increasing. However, an average impact factor of journals in our cohort was significantly lower compared to peers from Graz.

Conclusion: Although the number of manuscripts in the field of pain research in Croatia is increasing, the quality of published articles is still low. We propose that Croatian Association for the Treatment of Pain should take actions for enhancing pain research in Croatia, aswell as increasing the visibility and impact of Croatian pain-related research that can be transposed to other research fields and transitional countries.

Ključne riječi

pain research; scientometrics; science policy; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

68886

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/68886

Datum izdavanja:

1.6.2011.

Posjeta: 1.611 *