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ArticleBioData mining2016

Considerations for higher efficiency and productivity in research activities.

Diego A Forero, Jason H Moore

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Article in BioData mining, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Diego A ForeroLaboratory of NeuroPsychiatric Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia ; PhD Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia.
Jason H MooreDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School or Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6116 USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are several factors that are known to affect research productivity; some of them imply the need for large financial investments and others are related to work styles. There are some articles that provide suggestions for early career scientists (PhD students and postdocs) but few publications are oriented to professors about scientific leadership. As academic mentoring might be useful at all levels of experience, in this note we suggest several key considerations for higher efficiency and productivity in academic and research activities. More research is needed into the main work style features that differentiate highly productive scientists and research groups, as some of them could be innate and others could be transferable. As funding agencies, universities and research centers invest large amounts of money in order to have a better scientific productivity, a deeper understanding of these factors will be of high academic and societal impact.

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Academic mentoringBibliometricsBiomedical researchGlobal scienceScientific productivityScientometrics

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PMID27833658
PMCPMC5103420

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