A Bibliometric Analysis of an International Research Ethics Trainee Program

We used bibliometric analysis to evaluate the citations associated with publications by trainees in the Fogarty International Center’s International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development program. Papers published between 2004 and 2008 were identified for analysis. The outcome measures...

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Published in:Journal of empirical research on human research ethics 2013-12, Vol.8 (5), p.75-81
Main Authors: Fix, Jonathan, Odell, Jere, Sina, Barbara, Meslin, Eric M., Goodman, Ken, Upshur, Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Bioethics
Bioethics - education
Citation analysis
Citation indexes
Ethical instruction
Ethics, Research - education
Humans
Medical ethics
Program Development
Publishing
Research - education
Research ethics
Scholarly publishing
Search engines
Students
Tools for Examining Program Effectivenes
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Summary:We used bibliometric analysis to evaluate the citations associated with publications by trainees in the Fogarty International Center’s International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development program. Papers published between 2004 and 2008 were identified for analysis. The outcome measures were total citations, h-index, and i-10. A total of 328 manuscripts were identified, with a yearly average of 66 publications and 363 citations. The median number of citations per paper is 3 (IQR Q1–Q3:6). 12.6% (n = 53) of papers were cited over 10 times and the h-index is 22, indicating that 22 papers had been cited at least 22 times. The data indicate that trainees have been productive and contributed to the scholarly literature. Future studies to benchmark this performance with other bioethics education programs are required to make interpretation of citation analysis more meaningful.
ISSN:1556-2646
1556-2654
DOI:10.1525/jer.2013.8.5.75