Medical school dean´s scientific production of the main universities by continent
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-6108.2023.1.44518Keywords:
medicine, research, dean, schools medical, Journal articles, Citation databases, universitiesAbstract
Introduction: promoting scientific research is one of the main functions of universities. Medical schools should not be an exception; deans should also have appropriate research experience that allows them to have a different perspective on the importance of research in undergraduate medicine.
Aim: to determine the medical school dean´s scientific production of the main universities by continent.
Methods: an observational, analytical, and transversal study. We identify the medical school dean´s scientific production of the 20 universities with the best position from South America, Central America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, according to the Ranking Webometrics 2022, in the Scopus database.
Results: 140 directors or deans of medicine were evaluated, of which 136 (97.1%) had published an article at least once in their life, 128 (91.4%) in the last five years, 103 (73.6%) in the previous year, and 93 (66.4%) in the current year. The total number of published articles was 24.5 (Me=98), receiving a total of 1,251,766 citations (range 0 to 101,868), an H-index 24 (range 0 to 140), and in collaboration with 154,711 coauthors.
Conclusions: the medical school dean´s scientific production from the main universities by continent was high, with notable differences between those who came from universities in Asia, North America, and Europe compared to Oceania, Africa, South America, and Central America.
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