3,135
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

A decade of Ecuador´s efforts to raise its health research output: a bibliometric analysis

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Article: 1855694 | Received 15 Jun 2020, Accepted 20 Nov 2020, Published online: 27 Dec 2020

References

  • Rottingen JA, Regmi S, Eide M, et al. Mapping of available health research and development data: what’s there, what’s missing, and what role is there for a global observatory? Lancet. 2013;382:1286–10.
  • Cruz Rivera S, Kyte DG, Aiyegbusi OL, et al. Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks. PLoS Med. 2017;14:e1002370.
  • Thonon F, Boulkedid R, Delory T, et al. Measuring the outcome of biomedical research: a systematic literature review. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0122239.
  • Kalergis AM, Lacerda M, Rabinovich GA, et al. Challenges for Scientists in Latin America. Trends Mol Med. 2016;22:743–745.
  • Rengifo-Millán M. La globalización de la sociedad del conocimiento y la transformación universitaria. RLCSNJ. 2015;13:809–822.
  • Zicker F, Cuervo LG, Salicrup LA. Promoting high quality research into priority health needs in Latin America and Caribbean. BMJ. 2018;362:k2492.
  • Johnson MA. Contemporary higher education reform in Ecuador: implications for faculty recruitment, hiring, and retention. Educ Policy Anal Arch. 2017;2017:25.
  • Espinosa V, Acuña C, de la Torre D, et al. La reforma en salud del Ecuador. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2017;41:e96–e.
  • Ministerio de Salud Pública. Manuel del modelo de atención integral de salud-MAIS. 2012 [cited 2020 Nov 8]. Available from: http://instituciones.msp.gob.ec/somossalud/images/documentos/guia/Manual_MAIS-MSP12.12.12.pdf
  • Van Hoof HB. Ecuador’s efforts to raise its research profile: the prometeo program case study. J Hispanic Higher Educ. 2015;14:56–68.
  • Carrillo PJ, Delgado B, Kosik RO, et al. Medical education in Ecuador. Med Teach. 2013;35:979–984.
  • Van Hoof HB, Estrella M, Eljuri MI, et al. Ecuador’s higher education system in times of change. J Hispanic Higher Educ. 2013;12:345–355.
  • Friederic K, Burke BJ. La Revolucion Ciudadana and social medicine: undermining community in the state provision of health care in Ecuador. Glob Public Health. 2019;14:884–898.
  • Sisa I, Espinel M, Fornasini M, et al. [Scientific output in the health sciences in Ecuador]. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2011;30:388–392.
  • Falagas ME, Pitsouni EI, Malietzis GA, et al. Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses. Faseb J. 2008;22:338–342.
  • Archambault É, Campbell D, Gingras Y, et al. Comparing bibliometric statistics obtained from the Web of Science and Scopus. J Am Soc Inf Sci Technol. 2009;60:1320–1326.
  • Serrano ML, Carreño Dueñas JA. Scientific production of the research lines and its contribution for the control of cancer in Colombia. Rev Colomb Cancerol. 2016;20:167–174.
  • Pouris A, Ho Y-S. Research emphasis and collaboration in Africa. Scientometrics. 2014;98:2169–2184.
  • Castillo JA, Powell MA. Research productivity and international collaboration: a study of Ecuadorian science. J Hispanic Higher Educ. 2020;19:369-387 1538192718792151.
  • Ministerio de Salud Pública. Norma técnica para unidades asistenciales docentes. 2014 [cited 2019 Feb 24]. Available from: https://www.salud.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modificaci%C3%B3n-Norma-T%C3%A9cnica-UADS.pdf
  • Alemayehu C, Mitchell G, Nikles J. Barriers for conducting clinical trials in developing countries- a systematic review. Int J Equity Health. 2018;17:37.
  • Macias-Chapula CA. [Toward a model of communications in public health in Latin America and the Caribbean]. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2005;18:427–438.
  • Nelson AG, De la Hoz-restrepo F. [Scientific production in health science in Colombia, 1993–2003]. Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 2006;8:25–37.
  • Albarqouni L, Elessi K, Abu-Rmeileh NME. A comparison between health research output and burden of disease in Arab countries: evidence from Palestine. Health Res Policy Syst. 2018;16:25.
  • Makinde T. Problems of policy implementation in developing nations: the Nigerian experience. J Soc Sci. 2005;11:63–69.
  • Alger J, Becerra-Posada F, Kennedy A, et al. [National health research systems in Latin America: a 14-country review]. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2009;26:447–457.
  • RICYT. Red de indicadores de ciencia y tecnología Interamericana e Iberoamericana. 2020 [cited 2020 Nov 9]. Available from: http://www.ricyt.org/en/category/en/indicators/
  • Angulo-Tuesta A, Santos LM, Natalizi DA. Impact of health research on advances in knowledge, research capacity-building and evidence-informed policies: a case study on maternal mortality and morbidity in Brazil. Sao Paulo Med J. 2016;134:153–162.
  • Kontopantelis E, Doran T, Springate DA, et al. Regression based quasi-experimental approach when randomization is not an option: interrupted time series analysis. BMJ. 2015;350:h2750.
  • Peralta A, Benach J, Borrell C, et al. Evaluation of the mortality registry in Ecuador (2001–2013)-social and geographical inequalities in completeness and quality. Popul Health Metrics. 2019;17:3.
  • Salazar C, Smith J, Boussaid F. Petroleum in Ecuador: the management of natural resource wealth a curse or a blessing. Amsterdam: Universidad de Amsterdam; 2017.
  • Inter-American Development Bank. Reformas y desarrollo en el Ecuador contemporáneo. 2018. [cited 2019 Feb 25]. Available from: https://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Reformas-y-desarrollo-en-el-Ecuador-contempor%C3%A1neo.pdf
  • Aldulaimi S, Mora FE. A primary care system to improve health care efficiency: lessons from Ecuador. J Am Board Fam Med. 2017;30:380–383.
  • Resnik DB. The distribution of biomedical research resources and international justice. Dev World Bioeth. 2004;4:42–57.
  • COHRED. What factors influence national health research agendas in low and middle income countries? 2006 [cited 2019 Feb 25]. Available from: http://www.cohred.org/downloads/cohred_publications/rp5.pdf
  • Pantoja T, Barreto J, Panisset U. Improving public health and health systems through evidence informed policy in the Americas. BMJ. 2018;362:k2469.
  • Tulloch-Reid MK, Saravia NG, Dennis RJ, et al. Strengthening institutional capacity for equitable health research: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. BMJ. 2018;362:k2456.
  • Salicrup LA, Cuervo LG, Jiménez RC. Advancing health research through research governance. BMJ. 2018;362:k2484.