TRANSPORT POLICY ABROAD: TRAINING CENTERS AND MAIN RESEARCH AREAS

Defining "Rural" Areas: Impact on Health Care Policy and Research

with metropolitan areas, such as hospitals with comprehensive services, a 4-year college, a local bus service, a TV station, or a Sunday paper (6). A few counties that have not qualified for MSA status on the basis of demographic characteristics have become designated as MSAs through the Federal legislative process. Specif ical ly, s ince 1983, one new MSA (Decatur, Alabama) has been created (c...

Brazilian pediatric research groups, lines of research, and main areas of activity.

OBJECTIVES The Brazilian scientific production in the pediatrics field has been increasing significantly. It is important to identify the distribution and activity of these groups in the country and the main study areas, contributing with data for better resource allocation by institutions. METHODS An active research was conducted in the National Council of Technological and Scientific Develo...

Learning from abroad or policy tourism?

Land use and transport: challenges for research and policy making

Stem cell research: bibliometric analysis of main research areas through KeyWords Plus

Purpose – Research with stem cells is a biomedical venture with great scientific impact, and whose development flows over into many other areas. This article presents a dual analysis of Spain ́s scientific output in this field during the period 1997-2007. Design/methodology/approach – We used, on the one hand, bibliometric indicators of a basic nature, and on the other hand, techniques for the v...