Bibliometrics, the "Clinical Diagnostics" of Research Impact Comment on "‘We’re Not Providing the Best Care If We Are Not on the Cutting Edge of Research’: A Research Impact Evaluation at a Regional Australian Hospital and Health Service"

Giovanni Abramo; Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo

doi:10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7703

Int J Health Policy Manag. 2023;12: 7703.
doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7703

PMID: 37579410
PMCID: PMC10461869

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Bibliometrics, the “Clinical Diagnostics” of Research Impact Comment on “‘We’re Not Providing the Best Care If We Are Not on the Cutting Edge of Research’: A Research Impact Evaluation at a Regional Australian Hospital and Health Service”

Giovanni Abramo ¹^* , Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo ^2,1

¹ Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy
² Department of Engineering and Management, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Rome, Italy

*Corresponding Author: Giovanni Abramo, Email: giovanni.abramo@uniroma2.it

Abstract

Following the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS) strategic revision as a “research-based” institution, Brown et al have investigated the impact of THHS research, and its key drivers, based on 15 stakeholder interviews and two quantitative indicators. This commentary argues that the quantitative analyses and findings would have benefitted from applying evaluative bibliometrics, hopefully, conducted by experienced bibliometricians. We present the potential of bibliometrics for assessing the scholarly impact of research, as well as a few examples of its application to the case of THHS, for informing research policies and strategies.

Keywords: Evaluative Bibliometrics, Research Evaluation, Research Impact, Research Management

Citation: Abramo G, D’Angelo CA. Bibliometrics, the “clinical diagnostics” of research impact: Comment on “‘we’re not providing the best care if we are not on the cutting edge of research’: a research impact evaluation at a regional Australian hospital and health service.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2023;12:7703. doi:10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7703