HIV research productivity and structural factors associated with HIV research output in European Union countries: a bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess HIV/AIDS research productivity in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU), and the structural level factors associated with levels of HIV/AIDS research productivity.

Methods

A bibliometric analysis was conducted with systematic search methods used to locate HIV/AIDS research publications (period of 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2011; search databases: MEDLINE (Ovid, PubMed), EMBASE, ISI-Thomson Web of Science; no language restrictions). The publication rate (number of HIV/AIDS research publications per million population in 10 years) and the rate of articles published in HIV/AIDS journals and selected journals with moderate to very high (IF ≥3) 5-year impact factors were used as markers for HIV research productivity. A negative binomial regression mo

SUBMITTER: Uuskula A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322208 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature