Scientific Publishing Differences between Sexes in Cardiology, Cardiac, and General Surgery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Färber ◽  
Leonhard Alscher ◽  
Estelle Heyne ◽  
Torsten Doenst ◽  
Michael Schwarzer
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
University Departments ◽  
Female Presence ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Journal Impact

Abstract Background Research and scientific publications are important for the advancement of science but also for the individual career development. While women have become the majority of students in medicine we do not know about female presence and scientific activity in cardiac surgery. We thus aimed to compare scientific output of women and men in German University departments of cardiac surgery with cardiology departments focusing on the same organ and surgical departments not addressing the heart (general surgery) of 34 universities in Germany. Methods Personnel working at University departments was identified on the institutions internet homepage in 2014. Publications in 2011 to 2013 on PubMed were identified. Author and manuscript characteristics were determined. Results A lower proportion of women were working in cardiac surgery (25%) compared with cardiology (35%) and general (32%) surgery independent of executive function or academic degree. Scientifically active women published fewer manuscripts per capita than men both, in total and as first author. Additionally, the mean and the cumulated journal impact factor of the journals chosen was lower for women compared with men in cardiology but not in cardiac and general surgery. Conclusion We conclude that the differences in scientific activity between women and men are more pronounced in cardiology compared with general and cardiac surgery, indicating that a higher proportion of women in a field does not result in reduced differences between sexes. The low number of women together with the lower number of manuscripts in cardiac surgery may render the appointment of women as directors challenging.

scholarly journals Comparison of Scientific Publications from Three Different Clinical Disciplines of German Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (06) ◽  
pp. 488-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schwarzer ◽  
Leonhard Alscher ◽  
Torsten Doenst
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Senior Author ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Author Position ◽  
Academic Personnel ◽  
Journal Impact ◽  
German Universities

Abstract Background Scientific publications are important for the advancement in medicine. Surgical disciplines including cardiac surgery are frequently considered not scientifically leading. However, a specific comparison between surgical and nonsurgical disciplines has not yet been performed. We thus compared scientific output of German departments of cardiac surgery with nonsurgical cardiology departments and surgical departments not addressing the heart (general surgery) of 34 universities in Germany. Methods For each university, the personnel working at the different departments were identified on the internet homepage in 2014. We searched for publications of these persons in 2011 to 2013 on PubMed, identified author position, coauthors, and type of article, as well as journal impact factor (JIF). Results There were 931 academic persons in cardiac surgery, 1,486 in general surgery, and 1,814 in cardiology with 12,096 publications related to these persons on PubMed. Cardiology published most manuscripts, including manuscripts from research conducted (first author), initiated (senior author), or both. Cardiac surgery had the least publications and had fewer authors from other departments or institutions. The average JIF was higher in cardiology compared with the two surgical disciplines. However, relating the number of publications to the number of employees in the departments, the differences were no longer apparent. Conclusion We conclude that the number of publications in German universities appears to be a function of the number of academic personnel and not of the discipline. The lower JIFs in surgery may be due to the smaller surgical fields and/or due to less high impact interdisciplinary/interinstitutional publications in surgery.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Indicators for Evaluating the Quality of Scientific Publications

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Medha A Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Output ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
H Index ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
Journal Impact

ABSTRACT Evaluation of quality and quantity of publications can be done using a set of statistical and mathematical indices called bibliometric indicators. Two major categories of indicators are (1) quantitative indicators that measure the research productivity of a researcher and (2) performance indicators that evaluate the quality of publications. Bibliometric indicators are important for both the individual researcher and organizations. They are widely used to compare the performance of the individual researchers, journals and universities. Many of the appointments, promotions and allocation of research funds are based on these indicators. This review article describes some of the currently used bibliometric indicators such as journal impact factor, crown indicator, h-index and it's variants. It is suggested that for comparison of scientific impact and scientific output of researchers due consideration should be given to various factors affecting theses indicators. How to cite this article Joshi MA. Bibliometric Indicators for Evaluating the Quality of Scientific Publications. J Contemp Dent Pract 2014;15(2):258-262.

scholarly journals Letter: A call for a radical change in research evaluation in Spain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Delgado-López-Cózar ◽  
Ismael Ràfols ◽  
Ernest Abadal
Keyword(s):  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Evaluation Policies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Journal Impact

This letter is a call to the Spanish scientific authorities to abandon current research evaluation policies, which are based on an excessive and indiscriminate use of bibliometric indicators for nearly all areas of scientific activity. This narrow evaluation focus is especially applied to assess the individual performance of researchers. To this end, we first describe the contexts in which the journal impact factor (JIF) and other bibliometric indicators are being used. We then consider the toxic effects of this abuse of indicators. Finally, we outline some significant transformations and initiatives being introduced in various academic fields and regions of the world. These international initiatives offer alternatives to bibliometrics that can improve evaluation processes, and we urge political leaders in Spain to adopt and develop them.

Role of social networking services for scientists in promoting scientific output on example of Polish representatives of social communication and media sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 717-736
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kowalska-Chrzanowska ◽  
Przemysław Krysiński
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Media ◽  
Usage Level

Purpose This paper aims to answer the question of how the Polish representatives of social communication and media sciences communicate the most recent scientific findings in the media space, i.e. what types of publications are shared, what activities do they exemplify (sharing information about their own publications, leading discussions, formulating opinions), what is the form of the scientific communication created by them (publication of reference lists' descriptions, full papers, preprints and post prints) and what is the audience reception (number of downloads, displays, comments). Design/methodology/approach The authors present the results of analysis conducted on the presence of the most recent (2017–2019) publications by the Polish representatives of the widely understood social communication and media sciences in three selected social networking services for scientists: ResearchGate, Google Scholar and Academia.edu. The analyses covered 100 selected representatives of the scientific environment (selected in interval sampling), assigned, according to the OECD classification “Field of Science”, in the “Ludzie nauki” (Men of Science) database to the “media and communication” discipline. Findings The conducted analyses prove a low usage level of the potential of three analysed services for scientists by the Polish representatives of social communication and media sciences. Although 60% of them feature profiles in at least one of the services, the rest are not present there at all. From the total of 113 identified scientists' profiles, as little as 65 feature publications from 2017 to 2019. Small number of alternative metrics established in them, implies, in turn, that if these metrics were to play an important role in evaluation of the value and influence of scientific publications, then this evaluation for the researched Polish representatives of social communication and media sciences would be unfavourable. Originality/value The small presence of the Polish representatives of the communication and media sciences in three analysed services shows that these services may be – for the time being – only support the processes of managing own scientific output. Maybe this quite a pessimistic image of scientists' activities in the analysed services is conditioned by a simple lack of the need to be present in electronic channels of scientific communication or the lack of trust to the analysed services, which, in turn, should be linked to their shortcomings and flaws. However, unequivocal confirmation of these hypotheses might be brought by explorations covering a larger group of scientists, and complemented with survey studies. Thus, this research may constitute merely a starting point for further explorations, including elaboration of good practices with respect to usage of social media by scientists.

scholarly journals Association between serum biomarkers and postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindaugas Gailiušas ◽  
Judita Andrejaitienė ◽  
Edmundas Širvinskas ◽  
Darijus Krasauskas ◽  
Milda Švagždienė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Postoperative Delirium ◽  
Neuronal Damage ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Neuron Specific Enolase ◽  
Perioperative Period ◽  
Early Postoperative Period ◽  
Blood Levels ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Individual

Background. In cardiac surgery, patients face an increased risk of developing postoperative delirium (POD) that is associated with poor outcomes. Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) have shown some promising results as potential tools for POD risk stratification, diagnosis, monitoring, and prognosis. Methods. Prospective single-centre study enrolled 44 patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and/ or valve procedures using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The patients were assessed and monitored preoperatively, during surgery, and in the early postoperative period. The blood levels of NSE and GFAP were measured before and after surgery. The early POD was assessed by CAM-ICU criteria and patients were assigned to the POD group (with POD) or to the NPOD group (without POD) retrospectively. Results. The incidence of POD was 18.2%. After surgery, NSE significantly increased in the whole sample (p = 0.002). Comparing between groups, NSE significantly increased in the POD group after surgery (p = 0.042). ΔGFAP (before/after operation) for the whole sample was statistically significant (p = 0.022). There was a significant correlation between ΔGFAP and the lowest MAP during surgery in the POD group (p = 0.033). Conclusions. Our study demonstrated that NSE and GFAP are associated with early POD. An increase in NSE level during the perioperative period may be associated with subclinical neuronal damage. Serum GFAP levels show the damage of glial cells. Further studies are needed to find the factors influencing the individual limits of optimal MAP during surgery.

scholarly journals 37 years of scientific activity in a Biochemistry Department in Brazil: patterns of growth and factors leading to increased productivity

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 1121-1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urubatã E. Gomes ◽  
Diogo L. de Oliveira ◽  
Luciana C. Berti ◽  
Olavo Amaral ◽  
Diogo O. Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Centers Of Excellence ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Temporal Course ◽  
History Of

Scientific activity in Brazil has experienced an accelerated growth in the past decades, with an increase in productivity that greatly surpasses the international average. This growth has occurred mostly at the expense of centers of excellence in public universities, which account for the vast majority of the country's scientific output. The aim of this study was to evaluate the production of the Department of Biochemistry of a large public university in southern Brazil (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), as well as to identify internal and external policies that have influenced this growing production profile. We have performed a historical analysis of the scientific output of this Department of Biochemistry, which accounts for a considerable share of the indexed scientific production at this university. By focusing on the temporal course of its growth and drawing correlations between scientific output and important events in the history of the Department of Biochemistry and of the Brazilian science policies, we concluded that internal factors (as the creation of a postgraduation program, collaboration among researchers, experienced abroad researchers, qualification of faculty members) and external factors (as investments in the postgraduate education, the establishment of national scientific policies, such as financial stimuli for productive researchers and evaluation systems) influence scientific productivity in Brazil.

scholarly journals РИЗИКИ ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ ЕЛЕКТРОННИХ БІБЛІОМЕТРИЧНИХ СИСТЕМ ОЦІНЮВАННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ НАУКОВИХ ПРАЦІВНИКІВ

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Valeriy Yu. Bykov ◽  
Nataliia V. Soroko
Keyword(s):  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Publication Activity ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Network Services ◽  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scientometric Indicators ◽  
Personal Contribution

The article deals with the results of the analysis of international and domestic experience in the use of network services, which can independently evaluate the quality of electronic publications and scientists’ publication activity. It can be achieved by the analysis of the values of scientometric indicators included in the bibliometric open electronic systems. This approach is associated with certain risks of objective evaluation of researchers’ scientific activity efficiency. The conditions for the inclusion of scientific publications in the search systems like Google Scholar are considered. It is concluded that the scientometric base, which is today an international and widely used in practice, should be developed to provide a more adequate reflection of the character and level of scientists’ scientific activity, as well as their personal contribution to the development of certain areas of science.

scholarly journals SHIP-MR and Radiology: 12 Years of Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Single Center

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Norbert Hosten ◽  
Robin Bülow ◽  
Henry Völzke ◽  
Martin Domin ◽  
Carsten Oliver Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mr Imaging ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scientific Outputs ◽  
Northeastern Germany ◽  
The Brain

The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), a population-based study from a rural state in northeastern Germany with a relatively poor life expectancy, supplemented its comprehensive examination program in 2008 with whole-body MR imaging at 1.5 T (SHIP-MR). We reviewed more than 100 publications that used the SHIP-MR data and analyzed which sequences already produced fruitful scientific outputs and which manuscripts have been referenced frequently. Upon reviewing the publications about imaging sequences, those that used T1-weighted structured imaging of the brain and a gradient-echo sequence for R2* mapping obtained the highest scientific output; regarding specific body parts examined, most scientific publications focused on MR sequences involving the brain and the (upper) abdomen. We conclude that population-based MR imaging in cohort studies should define more precise goals when allocating imaging time. In addition, quality control measures might include recording the number and impact of published work, preferably on a bi-annual basis and starting 2 years after initiation of the study. Structured teaching courses may enhance the desired output in areas that appear underrepresented.

scholarly journals Personnal, occupational and geographical satisfaction in the staff of a state university in Costa Rica: effect of sex, marital status, age and educatio

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-155
Author(s):  
Lourdes Arce Espinoza
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public University ◽  
State University ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The Individual

Satisfaction is determined by a set of external and internal factors of the individual, experiences, culture and the environment; it changes with goals and achievements. Here I analyze the results of an online survey of 1000 institutional email users from a public university in Costa Rica. Men are more satis ed with life in general and single, widowed or divorced people are less satis ed than those living with a partner. The greatest satisfaction is associated with tenure, being over 31 years old and having a high academic degree. Overall satisfaction is medium-high which is consistent with other local studies.  

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