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6. SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY

▄▀ 6.1. Bibliometric analysis

During the last few years, a steady and significant of the articles corresponded to studies carried out in
growth is being consolidated, not so much in quan- collaboration with international institutions, 43.75%
tity as in quality and internationalization of the scien- with Spanish ones, and the rest were performed ex-
tific productivity of the CIEN Foundation. This is clusively by CIEN Foundation researchers. Also note-
largely due to the strong commitment of the Foun- worthy is the high proportion of collaborative
dation to research development, as well as to ge- publications with other CIBERS and networks in the
nerate and promote scientific knowledge to first and second quartiles (55,17%).
improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurode-
generative diseases both inside and outside our bor- The following table shows output indicators of pro-
ders. duction: number of publications, quality (publica-
tions in journals ranked within the first and second
During 2017, researchers CIEN Foundation have pro- quartile of their subject category), impact (determi-
duced a total of 31 publications, of which 30 have ned by the accumulated and average impact fac-
been published in scientific journals of national and tor of the journals in which it has been published)
international recognition (29 original articles plus one and degree of collaboration at national and inter-
letter) and one book chapter. national level:

The analysis of these publications has allowed stud- In summary, during 2017 the CIEN Foundation rese-
ying, through a series of quantitative indicators, both archers have published 31 scientific papers, of which
the CIEN Foundation scientific activity as the pro- 24 (77.42%) have been in journals included in the
duction, subject, and degree of collaboration and Science Citation Index Expanded, accessible
impact of scientific publications. Through this analy- through the Web of Science portal (WoS, Thomson
sis we can note, for instance, that the average im- Reuters) and 22 (71%) have been published in jour-
pact factor of publications within the first and nals ranked within the first and second quartile in
second quartile has increased from 6.792in the year their category. Considering the type of document,
2016 to 7.564 in 2017, which means a 11.36% incre- 96.67% of the publications in scientific journals (29)
ase, following the upwards trend of the last years. correspond to original articles.

In addition, during this year the CIEN Foundation has Moreover, according to their scientific subject cate-
increased its international collaborations, so that 50% gory 66.7% of the publications within the first and se-

Indicators 2017

Total number of publications......................................................................................................................................31
Total number of publications in the ISI citation index within the first and second quartil................................22
Cumulative impact factor of publications within the first and second quartile.........................................163,98
Average impact factor of the publications of the first and second quartile...................................................7,564
Number of collaborative publications of all kinds
(CIBERNED, other national groups, international groups) within the first and second quartile............................21
Number of international collaborative publications within the first and second quartile.....................................11
Number of national collaborative publications within the first and second quartile.............................................9
Number of collaborative publications with other CIBERs and networks within the first and second quartile....16

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