Gupta Brij M, Bala Adarsh
National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi 110 012.
Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, INDIA.
Ann Neurosci. 2013 Apr;20(2):71-8. doi: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.200209.
This study analyses the research output of India in epilepsy research during 2002-11 on several parameters including the growth, rank and global publications share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers, contribution of major collaborative partner countries, contribution of various subject-fields, contribution and impact of most productive institutions and authors, media of communication and characteristics of high cited papers. The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (2002-11) by searching the keywords "epilepsy research" in the combined Title, Abstract and Keywords fields. Among the top 20 most productive countries in epilepsy research, India ranks at 11(th) position (with 1550 papers) with a global publication share of 2.88% and an annual average publication growth rate of 15.31% during 2002-11. Its global publication share has increased over the years, rising from 2.06% in 2002 to 4.65% during 2011. Its citation impact per paper was 2.77 during 2002-11, which decreased from 3.48 during 2002-06 to 2.41 during 2007-11. Its international collaborative publications share was 12.32% during 2002-11, which decreased from 12.45% during 2002-06 to 12.26% during 2007-11. Concludes that India needs to increase both the quantity and quality of research and also the need to share research data and stimulate national and international collaborative research, which will increase both the quantity and quality of research in epilepsy. There is a need to develop a national program on epilepsy as a part of national health plan, besides suggesting the funding agencies to establish a more ambitious funding program into the causes, prevention, cure and care of epilepsy. There is a need to build capacity at all levels of human resources for the management of epilepsy.
本研究分析了2002年至2011年期间印度在癫痫研究方面的产出，涉及多个参数，包括增长情况、排名及全球出版物份额、被引影响力、国际合作论文的份额、主要合作国家的贡献、各个学科领域的贡献、最具生产力的机构和作者的贡献及影响力、传播媒介以及高被引论文的特征。通过在Scopus引文数据库的标题、摘要和关键词组合字段中搜索关键词“癫痫研究”，检索了10年（2002年至2011年）的数据。在癫痫研究产出最高的20个国家中，印度排名第11位（有1550篇论文），2002年至2011年期间的全球出版物份额为2.88%，年平均出版物增长率为15.31%。其全球出版物份额多年来有所增加，从2002年的2.06%升至2011年期间的4.65%。2002年至2011年期间每篇论文的被引影响力为2.77，从2002年至2006年期间的3.48降至2007年至2011年期间的2.41。2002年至2011年期间其国际合作出版物份额为12.32%，从2002年至2006年期间的12.45%降至2007年至2011年期间的12.26%。得出结论，印度需要增加研究的数量和质量，还需要共享研究数据并促进国内和国际合作研究，这将提高癫痫研究的数量和质量。除了建议资助机构制定一个更具雄心的关于癫痫病因、预防、治疗和护理的资助计划外，还需要制定一项作为国家卫生计划一部分的全国癫痫计划。有必要在各级培养管理癫痫的人力资源能力。
