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ArticleAnnals of medical and health sciences research2014

Publication Productivity of Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University Indexed in PubMed.

Rm Helal, Hs Abou-ElWafa, Ah El-Gilany

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Article in Annals of medical and health sciences research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rm HelalDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Hs Abou-ElWafaDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Ah El-GilanyDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

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Abstract

backgroundAnalysis of PubMed publications as an indicator of the research productivity of individual countries, regions, or institutions has recently become a field of interest.

aimThe aim was to assess the past trends in PubMed-indexed medical publications from Mansoura Faculty of Medicine and to have an idea about the current situation in medical research. MATERIALS AND

methodsPubMed was searched for publications affiliated to Mansoura from the end of the calendar year 2012 and earlier.

resultsOf 2798 papers related to Mansoura, 1756 publications were included in the analysis, and 1042 publications were excluded (false positives). The highest number of publications was in 2011 (10.6%, 187/1756) followed by 2012 (10.2%, 179/1756). There was an increase of the publication rate over 5-years period until it reaches 47.0% (826/1756) during the period from 2008 to 2012. The main high-producing department was Urology and Nephrology, which accounted for 35.9% (631/1756) of the total publications followed by Pediatrics and Parasitology. The median number of authors participated in the researches was four ranging from 1 to 23. Most of the publications were in the form of intervention/clinical trials (38.4%, 662/1756) followed by descriptive/cross-sectional study (38.3%, 659/1756). The median of the impact factor was 1.99 ranging from 0.27 to 53.3.

conclusionThe publication productivity of Mansoura Faculty of Medicine showed fluctuating pattern from the end of the calendar year 2012 and earlier. Future prospects for increasing research productivity should be considered to increase the number and quality of publications and academic staff participating in high-quality international researches.

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