Research challenges and opportunities in the Caribbean area
First bibliometric study in the French West Indies, from 1989 to 2018
Bibliographic Data
Objective. To analyze, describe, and quantify the collaborations and scientific output of the two university teaching hospitals of Martinique and Guadeloupe, at the regional, national, and international level. Methods. A bibliometrics analysis was performed from the international databases Web of Science and PubMed, for the period from 1989 to 2018, inclusive (30 years). Three types of bibliometric indicators were used, namely quantitative indicators, performance indicators, and organization-specific indicators. Affiliations of the first and last authors were identified from PubMed. Results. Between 1989 and 2018, a total of 1 522 indexed articles were published with at least one author affiliated to either the University Hospital of Martinique (n = 827) or the University Hospital of Guadeloupe (n = 685). The majority of articles were in category Q1 (35.8% for Martinique and 35.2% for Guadeloupe). In Martinique, over the last 30 years, the three main research areas have been clinical neurology, ophthalmology, and surgery, together representing 28.7% of all research areas, with the highest number of articles published in the field of clinical neurology (n = 81). In the University Hospital of Guadeloupe, the area of hematology was largely represented, with 79 articles published. For both hospitals, the first and last authors of the article published were mainly from mainland France Conclusions. This quantitative analysis shows the development of medical and scientific research in Martinique and Guadeloupe over the last three decades, as well as the extent of their collaborative partnerships at the national and international levels
Caribbean region · Ethnology · Geography · Latin Americans · Political science · Regional science · West indies · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · History · Public Health and Social Inequalities · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
The Continuing Growth of Global Cooperation Networks in Research
Bibliometric Indicators
Building capacity for cancer surveillance and public health research
Years of Iranian clinical, biomedical, and public health research
International cooperation in public health in Martinique
Sargassum invasion in the Caribbean
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |