Bibliometric profil of medical publication at Faculty of Medicine of Casablanca (2008-2017)

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Published Nov 6, 2019
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Vol. 97 No. 5 (2019): Issue May 2019

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Sofia Zoukal
Ahmed Ben Abdelaziz
Nadia Tahiri Jouti
Abdelhakim Lakhdar
Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha
Samira Hassoune

Abstract

Aim: To measure productivity in scientific publications of teachers of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca (FMPC).
Methods: This is a descriptive bibliometric study of the publications of the FMPC, indexed in the Medline and Scopus databases, between 2008 and 2017. Articles of physicians affiliated to the FMPC or its university hospital center were included in this study.
Results: With 1041 articles, the average scientific productivity of the FMPC was 38 articles / 100 teachers-year. These articles were published in 244 journals of which 18% in Pan African Medical Journal and 67% in French. In 58% of the articles, the type was "case reports". Dermatology and Genetics were the most prolific medical disciplines with 122 and 76 articles respectively. In surgery, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Gynecology-Obstetrics ranked first, with respectively 75 and 60 articles. The impact factor of the journals that published the articles of the FMPC ranged from 0.05 to 26.56 and was less than two in 84% of the cases. National and international scientific collaboration was 2.6% and 6.4% respectively.
Conclusion: The publication at the FMPC was largely unproductive in English-language journals with a high impact factor. Training in scientific medical writing would be a priority for faculty development and institutional visibility of the FMPC.

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Bibliometrics - Medicine - Publication - Journal Impact Factor- Databases, Bibliographic - PubMed - Schools, Medicine - Morocco

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