Loonen Martijn P J, Hage J Joris, Kon Moshe
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, NL-1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(8):934-45. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.03.062. Epub 2006 Jun 12.
Assessment and benchmarking of research output is becoming a necessity in the quest for research funds and grants. However, reports on the trends in international research output by plastic surgeons over the years are lacking. We longitudinally analysed plastic surgery publications over the last three decades.
Data on the topic of surgical interest and the anatomical region of research, the country of origin, and the origin and number of collaborating clinics were noted for each original article published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the British Journal of Plastic Surgery, and the European Journal of Plastic Surgery in 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, and 2004.
The number of articles in three international plastic surgery journals has more than doubled over the last three decades. Reconstruction of acquired defects remained the most important topic in all three journals, but an interest in rejuvenation or aesthetic surgery seems to replace that in basic research. The head and neck area remains the anatomical region of most interest to date, but this interest has decreased substantially. Most articles still originate from the USA, but the absolute and relative number of articles originating from Europe and Asia is rapidly increasing. Also, the published output of multi-national scientific collaboration is increasing. Even though authors from larger countries, in general, contribute more publications in absolute numbers, authors from small countries have a more efficient output relative to the number of inhabitants and GDP of their country.
在寻求研究资金和资助的过程中，对研究成果进行评估和基准化已成为必要。然而，多年来缺乏关于整形外科医生国际研究成果趋势的报告。我们对过去三十年的整形外科出版物进行了纵向分析。
记录了1972年、1980年、1988年、1996年和2004年发表在《整形与重建外科》《英国整形外科杂志》和《欧洲整形外科杂志》上的每篇原创文章的手术兴趣主题、研究的解剖区域、原产国以及合作诊所的来源和数量。
在过去三十年中，三种国际整形外科杂志上的文章数量增加了一倍多。后天性缺损的重建仍然是所有三种杂志中最重要的主题，但对年轻化或美容手术的兴趣似乎正在取代对基础研究的兴趣。头颈部区域至今仍是最受关注的解剖区域，但这种关注已大幅下降。大多数文章仍来自美国，但来自欧洲和亚洲的文章的绝对数量和相对数量正在迅速增加。此外，跨国科学合作的发表成果也在增加。尽管一般来说，大国的作者发表的文章绝对数量更多，但小国的作者相对于其国家的居民数量和国内生产总值而言，产出效率更高。
