Advances in neuroscience scientific publications in the last 25 years in the world

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Keywords:

bibliometrics, statistics, research, neurosciences, publication.

Abstract

Neuroscience is of great importance to know the advances related to the study of the nervous system, both in humans and animals, in order to evaluate how the behavior of the individual is generated. The objective of the present research was to compare the number of publications and citations in neuroscience among the different geographic regions of the world in the last twenty-five years, taking into account the information reported by Scimago Journal & Country Rank. Multivariate analysis of variance was used, supplemented with orthogonal canonical contrast, in order to establish where the difference between regions lies. The SAS University package was used for the statistical processing of the information. The results showed that North America presented a statistical difference with respect to the other geographical areas evaluated, as it had the highest number of publications and citations. Africa and Latin America have the lowest statistics. The publications with the greatest scientific impact in the field of neurosciences are located in the United States, England and Germany. It can be concluded that there is a large gap between the technologically developed regions and the developing regions in terms of scientific production in neurosciences. In recent years there has been a notable contribution of professionals from Asia, who are characterized by a notable number of articles and citations. In addition, a significant interaction between scientific researchers in the area of neuroscience was observed.

Author Biography

Luis Fernando Restrepo Betancur, Universidad de Antioquia

Docente investigador Universidad de Antioquia.

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2023-01-13

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Restrepo Betancur LF. Advances in neuroscience scientific publications in the last 25 years in the world. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 13 [cited 2024 Dec. 26];34. Available from: https://acimed.sld.cu/index.php/acimed/article/view/2181

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