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Surgical Scientific Publication and the 1991–1995 War in Croatia
Vanja Đukić
Nikola Udiljak
Nina Bartolić
Martina Vargović
Robert Kuduz
Nataša Boban
Marko Pećina
Ozren Polašek
Sažetak
The aim of this study was to evaluate surgical scientific publication in relation to the 1991–1995 war in Croatia,
based on the articles indexed in Medline database that were published in 1980–2005 period. The number of articles was
extracted from PubMed and analysed with trend analysis, which is preferred analytic approach over calculation of crude
publication rates. The results indicate sporadic pre-war output, which was almost completely reduced by the onset of war.
During wartime, a significant increasing trend in the number of published surgical articles that were related to warfare
was detected (p=0.003). During the post-war period a gradual shift towards surgical articles that were not related to
warfare was detected, also marked by the significant increasing trend (p=0.027). Both trends were significantly steeper
than the overall Croatian biomedical output, suggesting that surgical scientific articles were being published more dynamically
than in other biomedical areas in Croatia. The results suggest that war in Croatia has had a strong modifying
effect on the surgical scientific output.
Ključne riječi
surgery; Croatia; war; science; output; scientific publication
Hrčak ID:
68953
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.6.2011.
Posjeta: 1.016 *