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Scientific production and collaboration in Epidemiology and Public Health, 1997–2002

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This study aims to describe international scientific production and collaboration in Epidemiology and Public Health. It is a bibliometric analysis of articles published during 1997–2002 in 39 international journals. The United States has the greatest production in absolute terms, participating in 46% of the articles studied. Next come Great Britain (13.3%), and Canada (6.8%). In 34.8% of the articles involved participation by at least one of the 15 European Union countries. After adjustment for population and GDP, the Scandinavian countries, The Netherlands, and Australia holding the leading positions. In terms of collaboration, groups of countries with similar profiles are observed.

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  1. Grups de Recerca d’Amèrica i d’Àfrica Llatines (GRAAL), Unitat de Bioestadistica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    Albert Navarro & Miguel Martin

  2. Unitat de Bioestadística, Facultat de Medicina. UAB, GRAAL, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

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Navarro, A., Martin, M. Scientific production and collaboration in Epidemiology and Public Health, 1997–2002. Scientometrics 76, 291–313 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1931-5

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