Bibliometric analysis of the scientific production on responsible research in different areas of knowledge

Authors

  • Pablo Alvarez Aránega Fundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la investigación biosanitaria en Andalucía Oriental https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6405-8066
  • Arturo Argüello Martinez
  • Marta Reyes Alvarez
  • Andrés Soriano Diaz

Keywords:

bibliometrics, scientific production, responsible research, knowledge translation, science and society.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to bibliometrically study the documents published on responsible research (IR), registered in the Science Direct and Google Scholar databases, in the temporal range between the years 2008 and 2018. A total of 25689 documents were selected and the quantitative analysis showed a persistent growth. The analysis of the research articles (group 1), published in indexed journals, and evidenced their predominance, constituting 87% of the documents produced. According to the analysis by years, 2018 was significant, since 93 % corresponds to research articles demonstrating the progressive interest of the scientific community in this topic. The percentage of publications in IR in the field of Medicine and Dentistry represented 21% of the total; in the Social Sciences 18%; Business, Management and Accounting 13%; Psychology and Arts and Humanities with 10 % and 9% respectively. These data show the cross-sectional interest and multidisciplinary nature of IR, as well as the value attributed to it by the scientific community. Institutions are focused on promoting IR so that its scientific and technical achievements can be used productively by society. Therefore, researchers and institutions should approach IR, according to the priorities related to the different areas, in terms of fostering the usefulness of scientific achievement and achieving effective implementation of responsible translational research.

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2022-09-08

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Alvarez Aránega P, Argüello Martinez A, Reyes Alvarez M, Soriano Diaz A. Bibliometric analysis of the scientific production on responsible research in different areas of knowledge. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 8 [cited 2025 May 9];33. Available from: https://acimed.sld.cu/index.php/acimed/article/view/1846

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