«Publish or perish: the scientific productivity ofacademics in the field ofOccupational Medicine».Introduc- tion:A new Italian law aiming at improving and supporting research productivity establishes that evaluation of academic products is a requisite for accessing research funds,for acting as examiner for recruitments and for individ- ual financial benefits.Aim:To analyse the scientific products offull professors ofOccupational Medicine in Italian Universities in order to provide a framework for discussing a standard of productivity with objective metric para- meters.Population and methods:Research products ofthe 40 full professors ofOccupational Medicine indexed in the National Library ofMedicine PubMed database were identified.By means of10 different indicators,including the total number of papers,the papers published in journals included in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), total Impact Factor (IF),the individual productivity of the last 5 years was measured.Results:In the last 5 years 503 scientific products were published,231 ofwhich in JCR-indexed journals,with a mean individual IF=16.741.The total number ofpapers indexed in PubMed,the number ofpapers included in JCR-indexed journals and the num- ber of papers included in JCR-indexed journal of Public, Environmental & Occupational Health were associated with the overall number ofauthors (p<0.001).This observation accounts for the relevance ofthe research group as a resource predicting qualitative and quantitative outputs.The total number ofpapers is inversely associated with age (p<0.03).Conclusion:High productivity authors have an elevated number ofproducts both in JCR-indexed jour- nals (targeted to a small number ofspecialists in the field) and in PubMed-indexed journal (addressed to the broad audience of occupational health professionals). The productivity standard of academics of Occupational Medicine should take into account the overall research products within the Public Health field. In addition, the standard should be shared with that ofacademics ofHygiene and ofForensic medicine in order to address the recruitment pol- icy in the Public Health field.
Publish or perish: produttività scientifica degli ultimi 5 anni dei professori ordinari di Medicina del lavoro delle Università italiane / Franco, Giuliano. - In: LA MEDICINA DEL LAVORO. - ISSN 0025-7818. - STAMPA. - 100:(2009), pp. 163-170.
Publish or perish: produttività scientifica degli ultimi 5 anni dei professori ordinari di Medicina del lavoro delle Università italiane
FRANCO, Giuliano
2009
Abstract
«Publish or perish: the scientific productivity ofacademics in the field ofOccupational Medicine».Introduc- tion:A new Italian law aiming at improving and supporting research productivity establishes that evaluation of academic products is a requisite for accessing research funds,for acting as examiner for recruitments and for individ- ual financial benefits.Aim:To analyse the scientific products offull professors ofOccupational Medicine in Italian Universities in order to provide a framework for discussing a standard of productivity with objective metric para- meters.Population and methods:Research products ofthe 40 full professors ofOccupational Medicine indexed in the National Library ofMedicine PubMed database were identified.By means of10 different indicators,including the total number of papers,the papers published in journals included in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), total Impact Factor (IF),the individual productivity of the last 5 years was measured.Results:In the last 5 years 503 scientific products were published,231 ofwhich in JCR-indexed journals,with a mean individual IF=16.741.The total number ofpapers indexed in PubMed,the number ofpapers included in JCR-indexed journals and the num- ber of papers included in JCR-indexed journal of Public, Environmental & Occupational Health were associated with the overall number ofauthors (p<0.001).This observation accounts for the relevance ofthe research group as a resource predicting qualitative and quantitative outputs.The total number ofpapers is inversely associated with age (p<0.03).Conclusion:High productivity authors have an elevated number ofproducts both in JCR-indexed jour- nals (targeted to a small number ofspecialists in the field) and in PubMed-indexed journal (addressed to the broad audience of occupational health professionals). The productivity standard of academics of Occupational Medicine should take into account the overall research products within the Public Health field. In addition, the standard should be shared with that ofacademics ofHygiene and ofForensic medicine in order to address the recruitment pol- icy in the Public Health field.
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