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Scientometric indicators for evaluating medical research output of mid-size countries

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The medical research output of eleven mid-size countries were compared with the aid of scientometric indicators. Papers published by clinical medicine journals and those of professors working at clinical faculties were used for comparison. The professors proved to be more productive authors than “average scientists” of the same country, but no particular eminence of the professors could be revealed. A correlation was found between the quality of clinical medicine papers (as reflected by their relative citation rate) and the infant mortality of the countries in question.

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  1. Information Science and Scientometrics Research Unit, Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 7, 1361, Budapest, (Hungary)

    A. Schubert, S. Zsindely & T. Braun

  2. Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, L. Eötvös University, P.O. Box 123, 1443, Budapest, (Hungary)

    T. Braun

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Schubert, A., Zsindely, S. & Braun, T. Scientometric indicators for evaluating medical research output of mid-size countries. Scientometrics 7, 155–163 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017143

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