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Bibliometric assessment of publication output of child and adolescent psychiatric/psychological affiliations between 2005 and 2010 based on the databases PubMed and Scopus

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We aimed to determine the quantitative scientific publication output of child and adolescent psychiatric/psychological affiliations during 2005–2010 by country based on both, “PubMed” and “Scopus” and performed a bibliometric qualitative evaluation for 2009 using “PubMed”. We performed our search by affiliation related to child and adolescent psychiatric/psychological institutions using “PubMed”. For the quantitative analysis for 2005–2010, we counted the number of abstracts. For the qualitative analysis for 2009 we derived the impact factor of each abstract’s journal from “Journal Citation Reports”. We related total impact factor scores to the gross domestic product (GDP) and population size of each country. Additionally, we used “Scopus” to determine the number of abstracts for each country that was identified via “PubMed” for 2009 and compared the ranking of countries between the two databases. 61 % of the publications between 2005 and 2010 originated from European countries and 26 % from the USA. After adjustment for GDP and population size, the ranking positions changed in favor of smaller European countries with a population size of less than 20 million inhabitants. The ranking of countries for the count of articles in 2009 as derived from “Scopus” was similar to that identified via the “PubMed” search. The performed search revealed only minor differences between “Scopus” and “PubMed” related to the ranking of countries. Our data indicate a sharp difference between countries with a high versus low GDP with regard to scientific publication output in child and adolescent psychiatry/psychology.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Dr. Tania Boes and Ulrich Hoffmann for their invaluable contribution to this piece of work. We thank Prof. Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann and representatives of the European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) and Prof. Tsiantis and representatives of the European Union for Medical Specialists (UEMS) Section for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for having addressed our request to clarify the number of chairs in child and adolescent psychiatry in the European countries represented by ESCAP and UEMS.

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  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Wickenburgstr. 21, 45147, Essen, Germany

    Özgür Albayrak, Manuel Föcker & Johannes Hebebrand

  2. Fachbibliothek Medizin, Universitätsbibliothek Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

    Katrin Wibker

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Albayrak, Ö., Föcker, M., Wibker, K. et al. Bibliometric assessment of publication output of child and adolescent psychiatric/psychological affiliations between 2005 and 2010 based on the databases PubMed and Scopus. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 21, 327–337 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-012-0265-x

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