PMID: 11917701Mar 29, 2002Paper

Monitoring the impact on international literature of scientific production of Italian researchers, in the disciplines of "psychiatry" and "psychology." The period of 1995-1999 compared with the period of 1985-1989

Epidemiologia e psichiatria sociale
M Tansella, G A Fava

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the results of a citation analysis concerned with the impact on the international literature of Italian researchers in psychiatry and psychology and of sub-fields, within these two disciplines, in 1995-1999 compared to 1985-1989. We used a database prepared by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) that included all papers, with at least one Italian author, working in Italy, which appeared in two periods (1995-1999 and 1985-1989) in psychiatric or psychological journals listed in Current Contents. A citation analysis concerning the following years, up to 1999, was performed. In 1995-1999 the most cited researchers were those involved in clinical psychology, psychiatry and psychopharmacology research. Neuropsychology, which dominated the period 1985-1989, underwent a clear-cut decline. Citation analysis, concerning relatively short periods of time (five years), appears to be a very helpful tool for monitoring the development of scientific research in specific disciplines and the trend of the scientific production of researchers.

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