Franco G
Dipartimento di Medicine e delle specialità mediche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena.
Med Lav. 2011 Mar-Apr;102(2):167-73.
Recently, the National University Council (CUN) recognized the importance of bibliometric indicators in assessing scientific output and the Ministry of Education, University and Research established that the selection committees' decision must be guided by internationally recognized metrics including the impact factor (IF).
To analyse methods and tools of metrics to assess scientific performance in Occupational Medicine by examining some critical aspects for entry-level positions and academic promotion in the Universities.
By means of different databases (Web of Knowledge, Scopus, SCImago), the h-index was studied to assess the scientific output in the field of Occupational Medicine. The h-index was used as an index of both output and quality of overall output of researchers, disciplines, journals, and countries.
Italian scientific output in the Public, Environmental & Occupational Health subject category (h-index = 62) was lower than almost the total of other medical disciplines and, at an international level, is ranked at 12th place (other disciplines ranked 3rd to 9th). Output was 32% compared to that of the USA (other disciplines ranged from 42% and 61%). However, it should be noted that most scientific papers of Occupational Medicine researchers are published mainly in journals of different disciplines (with a higher IF) rather than in journals of Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (with a lower IF).
Assuming that selection committees' decisions will be guided by metrics and will respect the minimum standard proposed by CUN, Occupational Medicine researchers aiming at academic promotion will have good reason to ask themselves not only which journals are most useful but also which journals have the greatest impact. This fact could have profound implications for the future of the discipline.
最近，国家大学委员会（CUN）认识到文献计量指标在评估科研产出方面的重要性，教育、大学与科研部规定，选拔委员会的决定必须以包括影响因子（IF）在内的国际认可指标为指导。
通过研究大学入门级职位和学术晋升的一些关键方面，分析评估职业医学科研绩效的指标方法和工具。
借助不同数据库（Web of Knowledge、Scopus、SCImago），研究h指数以评估职业医学领域的科研产出。h指数被用作研究人员、学科、期刊和国家整体产出的数量和质量指标。
意大利在公共、环境与职业健康学科领域的科研产出（h指数 = 62）低于几乎所有其他医学学科的总和，在国际上排名第12位（其他学科排名第3至第9位）。与美国相比，产出仅为32%（其他学科范围为42%至61%）。然而，应该注意的是，职业医学研究人员的大多数科学论文主要发表在不同学科的期刊（影响因子较高）上，而不是发表在公共、环境与职业健康领域的期刊（影响因子较低）上。
假设选拔委员会的决定将以指标为指导，并将尊重CUN提出的最低标准，旨在获得学术晋升的职业医学研究人员将有充分理由不仅要问自己哪些期刊最有用，还要问哪些期刊影响最大。这一事实可能对该学科的未来产生深远影响。
