1st International Workshop of Scientometric Studies related to Biomedical SciencesHavana, June 29-30, 2010
Recently was organized in Cuba the 1st International Workshop of Scientometric Studies related to Biomedical Sciences, which was held on the Convention Center of Havana 29-30th June 2010. The workshop, one of the main activities of the International Scientific Congress CNIC´2010, was supported by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), the SCImago Research Group, the Cuban Network of Scientometric Studies for Higher Education (REDEC), the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) and the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education (MES), and organized by the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC).
The main objective of the workshop was the presentation of national and international experiences on the use and validation of scientometric indicators and techniques of bibliometric mapping for the analysis of biomedical domains. Particular topics were presented, with emphasis on the global and regional experiences on scientometric analysis of the health sector, research assessments in Health Sciences, bibliometric indicators for the evaluation of scientific performances, and bibliometric mapping of biomedical domains. Two invited lectures, and 14 others papers were presented. They were selected after a refereeing process developed by national and international specialists.
The main objective of the workshop was the presentation of national and international experiences on the use and validation of scientometric indicators and techniques of bibliometric mapping for the analysis of biomedical domains. Particular topics were presented, with emphasis on the global and regional experiences on scientometric analysis of the health sector, research assessments in Health Sciences, bibliometric indicators for the evaluation of scientific performances, and bibliometric mapping of biomedical domains. Two invited lectures, and 14 others papers were presented. They were selected after a refereeing process developed by national and international specialists.
The first session of the workshop, Bibliometric Research and Health Sciences: Realities and Perspectives, was dedicated to the importance of bibliometric studies to understand the dynamics of the biomedical domains. Dr. Grant Lewison, Director of Evaluametrics, Ltd. (United Kingdom), was the president of the session.
The Opening Lecture of the workshop entitled Analysis of scientific domains using Scopus-based scientometric tools, was delivered by Dr. Zaida Chinchilla Rodríguez, member of the Spanish SCImago Research Group and Titular Researcher of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC, Spain), who offered a personal perspective on the scope and future research directions on Scientometrics, as well as the use of Scopus-based bibliometric tools recently developed by SCImago to analyze scientific domains. She showed the behavior of Latin American scientific production specialized on Biomedicine, using the most recent projects developed by the Spanish team: the SCImago Journal & Country Rank, and the SCImago Institution Rankings.
During the first session, Dr. Grisel Zacca González, researcher of the National Center of Health Sciences Information (Cuba), presented a study on the Ibero-American scientific production on Public Health, which was the result of a collaboration between Cuba and Spain. Dr. Zaida Chinchilla also presented a paper developed by specialists from the universities of Alcalá de Henares and Granada (Spain), related to the Spanish stem cell research during the period 1997-2007, using KeyWords Plus and Social Network Analysis to identify the main research fronts. Finally, Dr. Lewison shared the results of a project developed by Evaluametrics, Ltd., the University College London and the King´s College London. The main aim of the project was the development and calibration of a filter for the selection of research papers in physical rehabilitation.
Dr. Zaida Chinchilla was the president of the second session of the workshop Bibliometric Indicators and Research Evaluation, dedicated to the analysis of new bibliometric indicators and perspectives to be used in the research assessments, especially in biomedical environments. The Master Lecture entitled Seven measures of research quality – application to surgical oncology was developed by Dr. Grant Lewison, which presented seven indicators that reveal different aspects of the research of leading countries on Surgical Oncology, allowing the performance of a country to be seen from several different viewpoints. After the lecture, an interesting and intensive discussion session was opened.
The second activity of the second session was a round table entitled Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERii) in Latin America: bibliometric approach and preliminary findings, moderated by Dr. Concepción Díaz Mayans, advisor of the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education.
The panel of the round table was integrated also by an international team of PERii members: Ricardo Arencibia Jorge, organizer of the workshop; Trish Sheehan, Program Officer from INASP and co-organizer of the workshop; Dr. Freddy S. Alemán, Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA, Nicaragua); Patricia Hernández Cañadas, Executive Director of Technology Management of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH); and Rodrigo Hoz de Villa Barbery, Head of the Science and Technology Unit of the Bolivian Vice-ministry of Science and Technology.
During the round table, Concepción Díaz, Patricia Hernández and Freddy Alemán exposed the initiatives developed by PERii projects in Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras, and Ricardo Arencibia exposed the preliminary results of a bibliometric study on the behavior of the scientific production in five Latin American countries, using Scopus as data source and employing bibliometric indicators of activity and visibility.
Following the round table, a Special Poster Session entitled Exploring Biomedical Domains was presented by MSc. Juan Antonio Araujo Ruiz, researcher of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) and member of the Cuban Network of Scientometric Studies for Higher Education.
At first, Ricardo Arencibia (CNIC) exposed the results of a bibliometric assessment of scientific institutions from the West of Havana City using Scopus; Yohannis Martí Lahera (University of Havana) presented a gender-focused bibliometric study of Cuban scientific production in main stream journals; Juan A. Araujo Ruiz (CNIC) and Marisol Guerra Pérez (University of Havana) analyzed the national and international scientific production on Dengue and Vector Control; and Rosa Lidia Vega Almeida (University of Havana) studied the research carried out in Cuban Health institutions.
Also, Yaniris Rodríguez Sánchez (Institute of Documentation and Scientific Information, IDICT) called the attention on the use of new H index-based indicators to evaluate Cuban researchers; Nelsa Echevarría Alvarez (Cuban Neurosciences Center, CNC) presented the scientific performance of the CNC using impact indicators; Andrea Collymore Rodríguez (CNIC) exposed an interesting bibliometric study on bibliometrics in PubMed; Gema Cossío Cárdenas (BIOMUNDI) identified the market and I+D+I trends on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; Kenny Batista Labrada (CNIC) exposed a bibliometric study of the influence of violent videogames on the behavior of children and adolescents; and Déborah Geada, from the Tobacco Research Institute (IIT), used the medical literature to study different approaches on the Tobacco damage and its consideration by Health Sciences.
Finally, Gisela Cañedo Iglesias, secretary of the Scientific Council of the National Center for Scientific Research, presented a special poster with the aim to show the participants the past and future work of CNIC in the postgraduate education of Cuban scholars and researchers.
During the workshop, interesting social activities were developed.
The welcome cocktail of the workshop, Tuesday 29th in the afternoon, was a nice opportunity to share a lot of experiences between the participants. On the other hand, “The Swann Lake”, performed by the Cuban ballet company PRODANZA, was a special offer on Wednesday 30th.
Also, an informal meeting between PERii members was organized by Trish Sheehan, with the aim to create a strategy to develop future PERii projects in Latin America.
Opening and Closing words of the workshop were especially dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC), the first scientific center created after the Cuban Revolution, considered as the pioneer institution of the Cuban scientific development.
Acknowledgements
The organizers want to thanks all the support from the INASP team, and specially, to Trish Sheehan, Grant Lewison, Janet Lewison, Zaida Chinchilla, Magalis Montes, Ronald Rousseau, Matthew E. Falagas, and all the national and international participants of the workshop. The organizers also thank the support of the CONACyT Project: “Developing and application of visualization techniques to the bibliometric analysis."
The Opening Lecture of the workshop entitled Analysis of scientific domains using Scopus-based scientometric tools, was delivered by Dr. Zaida Chinchilla Rodríguez, member of the Spanish SCImago Research Group and Titular Researcher of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC, Spain), who offered a personal perspective on the scope and future research directions on Scientometrics, as well as the use of Scopus-based bibliometric tools recently developed by SCImago to analyze scientific domains. She showed the behavior of Latin American scientific production specialized on Biomedicine, using the most recent projects developed by the Spanish team: the SCImago Journal & Country Rank, and the SCImago Institution Rankings.
During the first session, Dr. Grisel Zacca González, researcher of the National Center of Health Sciences Information (Cuba), presented a study on the Ibero-American scientific production on Public Health, which was the result of a collaboration between Cuba and Spain. Dr. Zaida Chinchilla also presented a paper developed by specialists from the universities of Alcalá de Henares and Granada (Spain), related to the Spanish stem cell research during the period 1997-2007, using KeyWords Plus and Social Network Analysis to identify the main research fronts. Finally, Dr. Lewison shared the results of a project developed by Evaluametrics, Ltd., the University College London and the King´s College London. The main aim of the project was the development and calibration of a filter for the selection of research papers in physical rehabilitation.
Dr. Zaida Chinchilla was the president of the second session of the workshop Bibliometric Indicators and Research Evaluation, dedicated to the analysis of new bibliometric indicators and perspectives to be used in the research assessments, especially in biomedical environments. The Master Lecture entitled Seven measures of research quality – application to surgical oncology was developed by Dr. Grant Lewison, which presented seven indicators that reveal different aspects of the research of leading countries on Surgical Oncology, allowing the performance of a country to be seen from several different viewpoints. After the lecture, an interesting and intensive discussion session was opened.
The second activity of the second session was a round table entitled Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERii) in Latin America: bibliometric approach and preliminary findings, moderated by Dr. Concepción Díaz Mayans, advisor of the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education.
The panel of the round table was integrated also by an international team of PERii members: Ricardo Arencibia Jorge, organizer of the workshop; Trish Sheehan, Program Officer from INASP and co-organizer of the workshop; Dr. Freddy S. Alemán, Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA, Nicaragua); Patricia Hernández Cañadas, Executive Director of Technology Management of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH); and Rodrigo Hoz de Villa Barbery, Head of the Science and Technology Unit of the Bolivian Vice-ministry of Science and Technology.
During the round table, Concepción Díaz, Patricia Hernández and Freddy Alemán exposed the initiatives developed by PERii projects in Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras, and Ricardo Arencibia exposed the preliminary results of a bibliometric study on the behavior of the scientific production in five Latin American countries, using Scopus as data source and employing bibliometric indicators of activity and visibility.
Following the round table, a Special Poster Session entitled Exploring Biomedical Domains was presented by MSc. Juan Antonio Araujo Ruiz, researcher of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) and member of the Cuban Network of Scientometric Studies for Higher Education.
At first, Ricardo Arencibia (CNIC) exposed the results of a bibliometric assessment of scientific institutions from the West of Havana City using Scopus; Yohannis Martí Lahera (University of Havana) presented a gender-focused bibliometric study of Cuban scientific production in main stream journals; Juan A. Araujo Ruiz (CNIC) and Marisol Guerra Pérez (University of Havana) analyzed the national and international scientific production on Dengue and Vector Control; and Rosa Lidia Vega Almeida (University of Havana) studied the research carried out in Cuban Health institutions.
Also, Yaniris Rodríguez Sánchez (Institute of Documentation and Scientific Information, IDICT) called the attention on the use of new H index-based indicators to evaluate Cuban researchers; Nelsa Echevarría Alvarez (Cuban Neurosciences Center, CNC) presented the scientific performance of the CNC using impact indicators; Andrea Collymore Rodríguez (CNIC) exposed an interesting bibliometric study on bibliometrics in PubMed; Gema Cossío Cárdenas (BIOMUNDI) identified the market and I+D+I trends on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; Kenny Batista Labrada (CNIC) exposed a bibliometric study of the influence of violent videogames on the behavior of children and adolescents; and Déborah Geada, from the Tobacco Research Institute (IIT), used the medical literature to study different approaches on the Tobacco damage and its consideration by Health Sciences.
Finally, Gisela Cañedo Iglesias, secretary of the Scientific Council of the National Center for Scientific Research, presented a special poster with the aim to show the participants the past and future work of CNIC in the postgraduate education of Cuban scholars and researchers.
During the workshop, interesting social activities were developed.
The welcome cocktail of the workshop, Tuesday 29th in the afternoon, was a nice opportunity to share a lot of experiences between the participants. On the other hand, “The Swann Lake”, performed by the Cuban ballet company PRODANZA, was a special offer on Wednesday 30th.
Also, an informal meeting between PERii members was organized by Trish Sheehan, with the aim to create a strategy to develop future PERii projects in Latin America.
Opening and Closing words of the workshop were especially dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC), the first scientific center created after the Cuban Revolution, considered as the pioneer institution of the Cuban scientific development.
Acknowledgements
The organizers want to thanks all the support from the INASP team, and specially, to Trish Sheehan, Grant Lewison, Janet Lewison, Zaida Chinchilla, Magalis Montes, Ronald Rousseau, Matthew E. Falagas, and all the national and international participants of the workshop. The organizers also thank the support of the CONACyT Project: “Developing and application of visualization techniques to the bibliometric analysis."
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