Alvarez Solar M, López González M L, Gueto Espinar A
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo.
Med Clin (Barc). 1998 Oct 31;111(14):529-35.
To describe Spanish scientific output in epidemiology and public health through the bibliometric indexes utilization and with regard to subjects, design and statistical methods employed, as well as its appropriateness, importance and funding.
Descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study over 594 originals published in Spanish medical journals and listed in the Spanish Medical Index (Indice Médico Español) during the 5 years period 1988-1992.
The average autors by article was of 4.9 and the Lotka's index, for the authors that publish articles on the topic, was -2.92; 82% of the authors have a productivity index equal to zero. Almost 70% of the articles are signed by an isolated institution, being a hospital in 51% of the cases. The journal that publishes most articles on the topic is Medicina Clínica. The average references by article is about 24. The Price' index is 36.5% and the isolation' index is 36.2%. "The non AIDS infections", the descriptive designs and the lack of inferential statistics methods, characterize the content of the articles. Regarding to the criteria established by the study, more than half of the analyzed research (56.5%) was appropriate and almost a fourth (22%) could be considered that was about important topics.
Concerning bibliometric indicators, research on epidemiology and public health in Spain does not seem to differ from other medical specialties. The epidemiology as scientific method is widely used over the medical specialties, something which could explain the wide dispersion of scientific literature on this topic. There seems to be a certain lack of agreement between the research topics and the real health problems of Spain.
通过文献计量指标的运用，描述西班牙在流行病学和公共卫生领域的科研产出，包括研究主题、设计和采用的统计方法，以及其适用性、重要性和资金投入情况。
对1988 - 1992年这5年间发表在西班牙医学期刊并被列入《西班牙医学索引》的594篇原创文章进行描述性、纵向和回顾性研究。
每篇文章的平均作者数为4.9人，发表该主题文章的作者的洛特卡指数为 - 2.92；82%的作者生产力指数为零。近70%的文章由单个机构署名，其中51%的情况是医院。发表该主题文章最多的期刊是《临床医学》。每篇文章的平均参考文献约为24条。普赖斯指数为36.5%，孤立指数为36.2%。“非艾滋病感染”、描述性设计以及缺乏推断统计方法是这些文章内容的特点。就本研究设定的标准而言，超过一半（56.5%）的分析研究是合适的，近四分之一（22%）可被认为是关于重要主题的研究。
关于文献计量指标，西班牙在流行病学和公共卫生领域的研究似乎与其他医学专业并无不同。流行病学作为一种科学方法在医学专业中被广泛应用，这可以解释该主题科学文献的广泛分散。西班牙的研究主题与实际健康问题之间似乎存在一定程度的不一致。
