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Profile of the Mexican health sciences elite: A bibliometric analysis of research performance

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  • Judith Licea Arenas

    (National University of Mexico)

  • J. Valles

    (National Library of Mexico)

  • M. Arenas

    (Autonomous Metropolitan University)

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The most prestigious award in Mexico, the “National Prize for Science and Art” has been awarded to 33 health scientists. An exercise was carried out to assess their performance to answer the question: why them? The laureates' profile was based on data retrieved from MEDLINE andScience Citation Index Expanded available on the WWW as well as the ISI's 15-year (1981–1995) cumulative impact factor lists. The laureates published 2,049 papers and were cited 50,834 times. Our results showed the scientific pre-eminence of laureates. We concluded that bibliometric data could complement other indicators of research performance. Bibliometrics could insure the Prize committee against error and the operationalization of the Matthew Effect could be minimized to honor only the most creative researchers.

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  • Judith Licea Arenas & J. Valles & M. Arenas, 1999. "Profile of the Mexican health sciences elite: A bibliometric analysis of research performance," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 46(3), pages 539-547, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:46:y:1999:i:3:d:10.1007_bf02459610
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02459610
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    1. Yu-Wei Chang & Dar-Zen Chen & Mu-Hsuan Huang, 2020. "Discovering types of research performance of scientists with significant contributions," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 124(2), pages 1529-1552, August.
    2. Mee-Jean Kim, 2002. "Citation patterns of Korean physicists and mechanical engineers: Differences by type of publication source and type of authorship," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 55(3), pages 421-436, November.
    3. Judith Licea De Arenas & Heriberta Castańos-Lomnitz & Judith Arenas Licea, 2002. "Significant Mexican research in the health sciences: A bibliometric analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 53(1), pages 39-48, January.

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