TY - JOUR T1 - Scientific impact and bibliometric contextualisation of paediatrics compared to other specialities JO - Anales de Pediatría (English Edition) T2 - AU - Alonso-Arroyo,Adolfo AU - González de Dios,Javier AU - Calvo,Cristina AU - Calduch-Losa,Ángeles AU - Aleixandre-Benavent,Rafael SN - 23412879 M3 - 10.1016/j.anpede.2019.12.002 DO - 10.1016/j.anpede.2019.12.002 UR - https://www.analesdepediatria.org/en-scientific-impact-bibliometric-contextualisation-paediatrics-articulo-S2341287920300181 AB - IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, to identify and characterise the indicators of production, citation, impact and collaboration of the Pediatrics area of the Journal Citation Reports, and on the other, to place the journal Anales de Pediatría in the context of the Spanish journals of another twenty areas and medical specialties. Material and MethodThe sources of information used to obtain the indicators were Science Citation Index- Expanded, Journal Citation Reports and Scimago Journal & Country Rank. A regression analysis was performed to check the correlation between the citation and other variables. ResultsPediatrics ranked 8th in scientific production during the period 2009–2018. In citations per journal it ranks 17th and in the average citations per article it approaches 27, occupying in this case the 18th position. Below Pediatrics are Emergency Medicine, Rehabilitation and Primary Health Care. 12.47% of the articles were not cited. The average impact factor places the area in 18th place and its h index were 197, reaching 14th position and standing above seven other areas. The percentage of works carried out in international collaboration was 17.71%, above Primary Health Care (12.88%), Oncology (16.37%) and Emergency Medicine (17.03%). Among the Spanish journals, Anales de Pediatría was the fourth most productive journal and occupied an intermediate position in terms of the number of citations. ConclusionsThe indicators of citation and impact of the Pediatrics area tend to be above areas such as Emergency Medicine, Primary Health Care, Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine and Rehabilitation. Professional practice outside large hospitals, together with poor funding and the low number of clinical trials due to the ethical requirements imposed on studies with children, may be the causes that result in moderate citation and impact indicators. ER -