Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Res Social Adm Pharm. 2020 Nov;16(11):1513-1518. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.05.019. Epub 2020 May 22.
Although international collaborative research has demonstrated a series of benefits in different scientific disciplines, there is no information regarding international collaborative practices in pharmacy practice research.
To map international collaborations published in pharmacy practice research journals between 2009 and 2018.
A set of pharmacy practice journals was objectively selected from a previously published mapping of pharmacy journals. The 25 journals that were more representative of the pharmacy practice category with higher class 5 chi-square in a descending hierarchical classification were selected. Non-reviewed journals, and those not published during the selected period, were excluded. Articles published between 2009 and 2018 were imported from Scopus. Only papers classified as "Articles" or "Reviews" were analyzed. The countries of the authors' affiliations were identified. International collaboration was defined as articles with two or more countries in the affiliations.
The 19 journals analyzed published 22,738 papers, with 16,107 classified as Articles or Reviews. Differences in the international collaboration between journals existed. While a total of 13,214 papers were amenable to be authored in collaboration (2 or more authors, with affiliations recorded), only 1670 (12.6%) were published under international collaboration. A very slight positive trend in the international collaboration rate was found. No correlation existed between the Human Development Index, a composite index incorporating statistical measures of a country's average achievements in health, knowledge and a decent standard of living, and international collaboration.
Low rates of international collaboration were found in pharmacy practice research articles, although a slightly positive trend was identified. There was an overall association between collaboration and citations received, but no correlation with country development was found.
尽管国际合作研究在不同的科学学科中已经显示出了一系列的好处，但在药学实践研究中，关于国际合作实践的信息却很少。
绘制 2009 年至 2018 年间发表在药学实践研究期刊上的国际合作研究。
从之前发表的药学期刊映射中客观地选择了一组药学实践期刊。选择了具有较高 5 个卡方等级的、更具代表性的药学实践类期刊 25 种。排除非综述期刊和所选期间未出版的期刊。从 Scopus 中导入 2009 年至 2018 年期间发表的文章。仅分析被归类为“文章”或“综述”的论文。确定作者所属机构的国家。国际合作被定义为作者机构来自两个或多个国家的文章。
分析的 19 种期刊共发表了 22738 篇论文，其中 16107 篇被归类为文章或综述。期刊之间的国际合作存在差异。虽然总共可以有 13214 篇论文以合作的方式撰写（有 2 个或更多的作者，并且记录了所属机构），但只有 1670 篇（12.6%）是在国际合作下发表的。国际合作率呈略有上升的趋势。国家发展指数（一个综合指数，包含了一个国家在健康、知识和体面生活水平方面的平均成就的统计指标）与国际合作之间没有相关性。
在药学实践研究文章中发现国际合作率较低，但也发现了一个略微上升的趋势。合作与收到的引用之间存在总体关联，但与国家发展没有相关性。
