Objective To determine the presence of a set of pre-specified traditional and non-traditional
criteria used to assess scientists for promotion and tenure in faculties of biomedical sciences …

Background In the past 50 years there has been a substantial increase in the volume of
published research and in the number of authors per scientific publication. There is also …

Objective To evaluate changes in the role of academics and the sources of funding for the
medical research cited most frequently over the past decade. Design Database analysis …

Methods and results Using citation impact factors for 2001, I identified the top five journals
from each of 33 medical specialties and the top 15 journals for general and internal …

Methods and results I sent a questionnaire to the first authors of all research papers that had
three or seven or more authors and were published in five consecutive issues of a peer …

Objectives: To develop a methodology for evaluating the impact of research on health care,
and to characterise the papers cited on clinical guidelines. Design: The bibliographic details …

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Selection of medical students in the United Kingdom has come under intense scrutiny in
recent years. Some authors have claimed that discrimination occurs in favour of white …

Objective To examine and compare the research productivity of the European Union, the
four “candidate” countries (those currently waiting to join the EU), and the United States in …

Background The future of academic medicine is uncertain. Concerns regarding the future
availability of qualified and willing trainee clinical academics have been raised worldwide …