Surgical Research in Colombia Part 1

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Global surgery has become the undisputed starting point for addressing a myriad of problems in surgery today. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly evaluate the scientific productivity in surgery, its behavior, validity and impact. In Latin America, specifically in Colombia, there are no studies that have analyzed this production. A retrospective cross-sectional bibliometric study was carried out, in which the Colombian Ministry of Science database was consulted with the validated results up to July 2021. In the search section for research groups, the keyword Surgery was used, and all associated Groups in Latin America and the Caribbean(platform where the information of the research groups can be found) and their registered products were reviewed

Official Title
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Surgical Research in Colombia Part 1: Scientific and Academic Productivity of the Colombian Research Groups in Surgery

Conditions
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Academic Productivity, Research Productivity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: scientific and academic productivity


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Research groups with a main or secondary line of research in general or subspecialty surgery, registered in the base of the Colombian Ministry of Science Exclusion Criteria: Research groups with other lines of research in the surgical sciences
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Colombian research groups in surgery<br>Colombian research groups in surgery | Other: scientific and academic productivity<br>* Number and quartile of scientific products generated by the group<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of articles published in journals indexed in SJR, Scopus or JCR | Frequency of articles of any type published in journals indexed in the Scimago Journal Rank, Scopus and Journal Citation Report databases | 1 year | 
| Quartile of journals in which the articles registered in the database were published | Quartile of the article according to the quartile of the journal in which it was published | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Graduate students' theses supervised by the research group | Number of theses supervised by the research group | 1 year | 
| Type of graduate students' theses supervised by the research group | Category of registered graduate thesis by the research group | 1 year | 
| Frequency of attendances and presentations at scientific events | Number of attendances and presentations in scientific events in medicine | 1 year | 
| Type of participation in scientific events in medicine | Category of participation of the scientific event in medicine | 1 year | 
| Research projects registered by the research group | Number research project registered and declared up to the date of the study | 1 year | 
| Type of research projects registered by the research group | Category of research project registered and declared up to the date of the study | 1 year | 
| Book chapters published by the research group to date | Frequency of publication of book chapters by the research group | 1 year | 
| Books published by the research group to date | Frequency of publication of book by the research group | 1 year |