A significant decline in the American domination of research in gastroenterology with increasing globalization from 1980 to 2005: An analysis of American authorship among 8,251 articles

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1065-1074

  Cappell, Mitchell S ^a   Davis, Michael ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COOPERATION; EDITOR; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FORECASTING; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43549108789     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01767.x     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Szokol JW, Murphy GS, Avram MJ, et al. Declining proportion of publications by American authors in major anesthesiology journals. Anesth Analg 2003 96 : 513 7.
2. Stern RS, Arndt KA. Growth of international contributors to dermatologic literature. Arch Dermatol 1999 135 : 1074 6.
3. Stossel TP, Stossel SC. Declining American representation in leading clinical research journals. N Engl J Med 1990 322 : 739 42.
4. Elster AD, Chen MY. The internationalization of the American Journal of Roentgenology: 1980-1992. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1994 162 : 519 22.
5. Chen MY, Jenkins CB, Elster AD. Internationalization of the American Journal of Roentgenology: 1980-2002. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2003 181 : 907 12.
6. Ray CE Jr., Gupta R, Blackwell J. Changes in the American interventional radiology literature: Comparison over a 10-year time period. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2006 29 : 599 604.
7. Nahrwold DL, Pereira SG, Dupuis J. United States research in major surgical journals is decreasing. Ann Surg 1995 222 : 263 9.
8. Tompkins RK, Ko CY, Donovan AJ. Internationalization of general surgical journals: Origin and content of articles published in North America and Great Britain from 1983 to 1998. Arch Surg 2001 136 : 1345 52.
9. Kolbitsch C, Balogh D, Hauffe H, et al. National publication output in medical research. Anaesthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 1999 34 : 214 7.
10. Fleiss JL. Statistical methods for rates and proportions, 2nd Ed. New York, NY : John Wiley and Sons, 1981.
11. King DA. The scientific impact of nations. Nature 2004 430 : 311 6.
12. Patel V, Sumathipala A. International representation in psychiatric journals: A survey of six leading journals. Br J Psychiatry 2001 178 : 406 9.
13. Rahman M, Fukui T. Biomedical publication: Global profile and trend. Public Health 2003 117 : 278 80.
14. Sumathipala A, Siribaddana S, Patel V. Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: Ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journals. BMC Med Ethics 2004 5 : E5.
15. Rogers LF. Globalization: Trends in the editorial content of the AJR (editorial). AJR Am J Roentgenol 2001 177 : 745.
16. Taylor GA. Impact of clinical volume on scholarly activity in an academic children's hospital: Trends, implications, and possible solutions. Pediatr Radiol 2001 31 : 786 9.
17. Antman KH, Frei E 3rd. Correspondence re: Declining American representation in leading clinical research journals. N Engl J Med 1990 323 : 610 1.
18. Lippe B. Correspondence re: Declining American representation in leading clinical research journals. N Engl J Med 1990 323 : 609.
19. Lemonick MD. Are we losing our edge? Time Magazine, February 13, 2006.
20. Mezrich R. Correspondence re: Declining American representation in leading clinical research journals. N Engl J Med 1990 323 : 610.
21. Yankauer A. Correspondence re: Declining American representation in leading clinical research journals. N Engl J Med 1990 323 : 609.
22. Friedman TL. The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century. New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
23. Stanley RJ. The European Congress of Radiology. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2006 186 : 1215.
24. Keeffe EB. American Gastroenterological Association Presidential Address. Gastroenterology 2005 129 : 2096 100.
25. Lumb PD. The World Federation: Enhancing global critical care practice and performance. Crit Care Clin 2006 22 : 383 92.
26. National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. Rising above the gathering storm: Energizing and employing America for a brighter economic future. Washington, DC: National Academic Press, 2005.
27. Kupersmith J. Quality of care in teaching hospitals: A literature review. Acad Med 2005 80 : 458 66.
28. Moore JD Jr. Teaching hospitals have better outcomes. Mod Healthc 1999 29 : 34 6.
29. Polanczyk CA, Lane A, Coburn M, et al. Hospital outcomes in major teaching, minor teaching, and nonteaching hospitals in New York State. Am J Med 2002 112 : 255 61.
30. Rosenthal GE, Harper DL, Quinn LM, et al. Severity-adjusted mortality and length of stay in teaching and nonteaching hospitals: Results of a regional study. JAMA 1997 278 : 485 90.
31. Carek PJ, King DE, Abercrombie S. Does community- or university-based residency sponsorship affect future practice profiles? Fam Med 2002 34 : 592 7.
32. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2005 CMS Statistics. Publication 8014623597. Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 2006.
33. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Career guide to industries, 2006-07. Ed. Health care. Available at : http//www.bls.gov/oco/ cgs035.htm. Accessed April 17, 2007.