The Impact of International Research Collaborations on the Citation Metrics and the Scientific Potential of South American Palliative Care Research: Bibliometric Analysis

Autor(es)

De Lima, Crislaine ^[1] ; Perez-Cruz, Pedro Emilio ^[2] ; Ribeiro Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto ^{[1, 3]} ; Zimmermann, Camilla ^[4] ; Dos Santos Neto, Martins Fideles ^{[1, 3]} ; Bruera, Eduardo ^[5] ; Hui, David ^[5] ; Paiva, Carlos Eduardo ^{[1, 3, 6]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Barretos Canc Hosp, Res Grp Palliat Care & Hlth Related Qual Life GPQ, Barretos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Dept Med Interna, Santiago - Chile

^[3] Barretos Canc Hosp, Oncol Grad Program, Barretos, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Hlth Network, Princess Margaret Canc Ctr, Dept Support Care, Toronto, ON - Canada

^[5] Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Palliat Care Rehabil & Integrat Med, Houston, TX 77030 - USA

^[6] Barretos Canc Hosp, Dept Clin Oncol, Breast & Gynecol Div, Barretos, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ANNALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH; v. 87, n. 1 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Background: Progress in palliative care (PC) requires scientific advances which could potentially be catalyzed by international research collaboration (IRC). It is currently not known how often IRC occurs with PC investigators in South America. Objectives: To evaluate the percentage of South America journal articles on PC involving IRCs and the impact of these collaborations on the scientific potential the studies and on their citations. Methods: This was a bibliometric analysis of studies published between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2017. A search of Pubmed. Embase. Lilacs, and Web of Science (WOS) was performed using the terms ``palliative care,{''} ``hospice care.{''} ``hospices{''} and ``terminal care,{''} combined with the name of South America countries. The scientific potential was assessed by analyzing study design, characteristics of the journal and funding. IRCs were further subdivided in internal (within South America countries) and external (with countries outside South America). Findings: Of the 641 articles, 117 (18.2%) involved IRCs (internal: 18, 2.8%; external: 110, 17.2%). Articles with IRCs had higher median two-year citations in WOS (2 vs. 1, p < 0.001), Scopus (3 vs. 1, p < 0.001) and Google Scholar (4.5 vs. 2, p < 0.001) compared to articles without IRC. Moreover, they were more often funded (40.7% vs. 9.7%, p < 0.001), published in Pubmed-indexed (76.1% vs. 41.6%; p < 0.001) and in WOS-indexed (70.1% vs. 29.6%; p < 0.001) journals, and with study designs most often classified as clinical trial (5.1% vs. 1.0%; p = 0.002) and cohort (10.3% vs. 2.9%; p < 0.001) compared to articles without IRC. Conclusions: Studies with international research collaborations, both internal and external to South America, are more frequently cited and have characteristics with greater scientific potential than do studies without international collaborations. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/09836-8 - Pesquisa em cuidados paliativos na América do Sul: publicações científicas, barreiras na condução de estudos e avanços necessários.
• Beneficiário: Carlos Eduardo Paiva
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular