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6. SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY

6.1. Bibliometric analysis

A significant and steady growth in the scientific pro- tor of the journals in which it has been published)
ductivity of CIEN Foundation has been confirmed in and degree of collaboration at national and inter-
recent years, largely due to the strong commitment national levels.
maintained by the Foundation to research and the
generation of scientific knowledge in improving Among 2015 milestones we can highlight that the
diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative di- CIEN Foundation researchers have published 46
seases. scientific papers, of which 40 (86.7%) have been in
journals under the coverage of the Science Citation
During 2015, the CIEN Foundation researchers have Index Expanded, accessible through the Web of
produced a total of 46 publications, of which 45 Science portal (WoS, Thomson Reuters) and 36
have been published in scientific journals of national (78.3%) have been published in journals ranked wi-
and international recognition (38 original articles, thin the first and second quartile in their category.
three reviews, three proceedings, and one editorial) Considering the type of document, 84.4% of the pu-
and a clinical guideline. blications in scientific journals (38) correspond to ori-
ginal articles.
The analysis of these publications has allowed stud-
ying, through a series of quantitative indicators, both Moreover, according to their scientific subject cate-
the CIEN Foundation scientific activity as the pro- gory 77.8% of the publications within the first and se-
duction, topic, and degree of collaboration and im- cond quartiles, have focused on the following
pact of scientific publications. Through this analysis categories: Clinical Neurology, Neurosciences, Mul-
we can note, for instance, that the average impact tidisciplinary Sciences, and Anatomy and Morpho-
factor of publications within the first and second logy.
quartile has increased from 4.367 in 2014 to 4.718 in
the year 2015. As scientific dissemination activities in meetings and
national and international events during the year
The following table shows output indicators of pro- 2015 there have been a total of 23 participations at
duction (number of publications), quality (publica- scientific conferences, nine of which correspond to
tions in journals ranked within the first and second lectures and oral presentations, and fourteen co-
quartile of their subject category), impact (determi- rrespond to written communications in the form of
ned by the accumulated and average impact fac- posters. These communications have been presen-

2015 Indicators

Total number of publications................................................................................................................................ 46
Total number of publications in the ISI citation index within the first and second quartile............................... 36
Cumulative impact factor of publications within the first and second quartile............................................170,384
Average impact factor of the publications of the first and second quartilel.................................................. 4,733
Number of collaborative publications of all kinds
(CIBERNED, other national groups, international groups) within the first and second quartile.......................32
Number of international collaborative publications within the first and second quartile................................. 11
Number of national collaborative publications within the first and second quartile ...........................................21
Number of collaborative publications with other CIBERs
and networks within the first and second quartile.......................................................................................................4

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