Collaboration on HIV/AIDS research in Latin America and the Caribbean comparison of regional and international databases
| Main Authors: | Macías-Chapula, César A., Mendoza-Guerrero, J. Antonio, Rodea-Castro, I. Patricia, Gutiérrez-Carrasco, Alejandro, Juárez-Sánchez, Enrique |
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| Format: | Proceeding NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2006
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http://eprints.rclis.org/7429/1/%28Macias-Chapula_et_all%2C_collnet_2006_FullTex_Format%29.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/7429/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This paper presents the results of a research in progress on HIV/AIDS research in developing countries. In this case, the paper refers to the collaboration patterns found among researchers in the Latin American and Caribbean regions. A bibliographic search in both, regional (Latin American and Caribbean Database on the Health Sciences–LILACS) and international (MEDLINE) databases for the period 1982-2005 was conducted. The goal being to compare patterns of collaboration found among regional countries through both databases. Bibexcell 2001 was used to generate the registry files needed for the following indicators: authorship; country of publication; type of documents; subject content of the publications, and language. Results described that collaboration was more visible in MEDLINE than in LILACS. It was also found that the USA was the leading country in collaboration with all the 12 countries analysed. The paper further discusses on the implications of this type of research for developing countries and provides practical applications of the results derived from the study.