Benton David Charles
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Nurs Stand. 2017 Aug 30;32(1):44-51. doi: 10.7748/ns.2017.e10589.
Bibliometrics is a method of statistically analysing written works, including books and journal articles. It can be used to measure an academic article's value, the importance of individual authors or academic research, and the productivity of authors, institutions or departments. Aim To explore how bibliometrics can assist nurse academics in providing documented evidence to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC's) revalidation requirements. Method The author's publication history was used to demonstrate how nurse academics can use bibliometrics to provide evidence of their continuing professional development (CPD). A standard search using bibliographic software provided data on the author's h-index, a summary of his year-by-year citations and details of the journals where his work was published. Data were subjected to a co-word and multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Results Data were identified on the number of articles, the journals in which they were published, and the thematic focus of the author's academic work. Four themes were identified from the co-word analysis: nursing and health policy; global influence and change; regulatory research; and leadership and social network analysis. Comparing these results with the revalidation requirements set by the NMC demonstrated the potential for using bibliometrics as a source of CPD evidence. Conclusion Bibliometrics is compatible with the NMC's revalidation requirements and provides a valid means of assisting nurse academics to complete their revalidation portfolios.
文献计量学是一种对包括书籍和期刊文章在内的书面作品进行统计分析的方法。它可用于衡量学术文章的价值、个体作者或学术研究的重要性，以及作者、机构或部门的生产力。目的：探讨文献计量学如何帮助护理学者提供书面证据，以满足护理与助产士理事会（NMC）的重新验证要求。方法：利用作者的出版历史来展示护理学者如何使用文献计量学来提供其持续专业发展（CPD）的证据。使用文献计量软件进行的标准搜索提供了关于作者h指数的数据、其逐年引用情况的总结以及其作品发表期刊的详细信息。对数据进行了共词分析、多维尺度分析和聚类分析。结果：确定了文章数量、发表文章的期刊以及作者学术工作的主题重点等数据。通过共词分析确定了四个主题：护理与卫生政策；全球影响与变革；监管研究；以及领导力与社会网络分析。将这些结果与NMC设定的重新验证要求进行比较，证明了将文献计量学用作CPD证据来源的潜力。结论：文献计量学与NMC的重新验证要求相符，并为协助护理学者完成其重新验证档案提供了一种有效的手段。
