Bibliometric analysis of regional Latin America's scientific output in Public Health through SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Bibliometric analysis of regional Latin America's scientific output in Public Health through SCImago Journal & Country Rank

BACKGROUND In the greater framework of the essential functions of Public Health, our focus is on a systematic, objective, external evaluation of Latin American scientific output, to compare its publications in the area of Public Health with those of other major geographic zones. We aim to describe the regional distribution of output in Public Health, and the level of visibility and specializati...

Optimizing SCImago Journal & Country Rank classification by community detection

Subject classification arises as an important topic for bibliometrics and scientometrics as to develop reliable and consistent tools and outputs. For this matter, a well delimited underlying subject classification scheme reflecting science fields becomes essential. Within the broad ensemble of classification techniques clustering analysis is one of the most successful. Two clustering algorithms...

Visualization and analysis of SCImago Journal & Country Rank structure via journal clustering

Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor.

The application of currently available sophisticated algorithms of citation analysis allows for the incorporation of the "quality" of citations in the evaluation of scientific journals. We sought to compare the newly introduced SCImago journal rank (SJR) indicator with the journal impact factor (IF). We retrieved relevant information from the official Web sites hosting the above indices and the...

Scientific output and impact in Public Health.

During the last decades the country has witnessed a noteworthy expansion and consolidation of graduate studies in Public Health. This expansion has been followed by the emergence of new research groups and lines of research, many of which deal fundamentally with the numerous challenges posed by public health at the regional level. Depending on a set of factors (research theme, methodological ap...