BACKGROUND: Many Chilean biomedical investigators publish the results of their research in international journals, not easily accessible to fellow physicians of the country. AIM: To assess the amount and quality of papers published by Chilean authors in international journals. DATA SOURCE AND METHODS: Using MEDLINE databases from January to August, 1997, all papers in which Chile appeared in the field "AD" (Address of author) were selected. Papers with a clear relationship to human medicine were identified. RESULTS: During the study period, 390 papers with authors residing in Chile appeared in MEDLINE. Of these, 188 (48%) were published in Chile and the rest was published abroad. Thirty manuscripts had a greater relationship to clinical medicine and the authors of nine of them were invited to submit a translation of their abstract into Spanish to have them reproduced in the present article. CONCLUSIONS: A significant proportion of biomedical research papers originated in Chile is published abroad with the consequent lack of diffusion among non-specialized readers from their own country.
BACKGROUND: Many Chilean biomedical investigators publish the results of their research in international journals, not easily accessible to fellow physicians of the country. AIM: To assess the amount and quality of papers published by Chilean authors in international journals. DATA SOURCE AND METHODS: Using MEDLINE databases from January to August, 1997, all papers in which Chile appeared in the field "AD" (Address of author) were selected. Papers with a clear relationship to human medicine were identified. RESULTS: During the study period, 390 papers with authors residing in Chile appeared in MEDLINE. Of these, 188 (48%) were published in Chile and the rest was published abroad. Thirty manuscripts had a greater relationship to clinical medicine and the authors of nine of them were invited to submit a translation of their abstract into Spanish to have them reproduced in the present article. CONCLUSIONS: A significant proportion of biomedical research papers originated in Chile is published abroad with the consequent lack of diffusion among non-specialized readers from their own country.
Authors: Lalit Dandona; Yegnanarayana S Sivan; Mukkamala N Jyothi; V S Udaya Bhaskar; Rakhi Dandona Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2004-11-25 Impact factor: 3.295