Contribution of Italian nursing professors to international Literature: 2000 - 2016 review.
Nurs Outlook 2019;
67:476-485. [PMID:
30961959 DOI:
10.1016/j.outlook.2019.02.011]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
The purpose of the study was to assess Italian nurse academics' scientific activity by exploring their publications in international journals.
BACKGROUND
The scientific production of a discipline's academics is a requisite for the university accreditation process and for employment in academic positions. It can also be used as an indicator of the maturity and importance of a given discipline in a country. Italian nurse academics' scientific production has not been analyzed recently.
METHOD
Quantitative descriptive study on an observation period of 16 years, from 2000 to 2016.
METHODS
All Italian full-time academics in the sector of General, Clinical, and Pediatric Nursing Sciences were identified, based on selection criteria. All their publications in indexed international journals were systematically collected between November 2016 and February 2017.
FINDINGS
Twenty-five Italian nurse academics were identified, and 450 of their publications met all our inclusion criteria, with a mean of 18 publications per author (range 0-88). There was a steady growth in the number of publications over time. Sixty-five percent of articles were published in nursing journals. Eighty-six percent of the publications were on nursing topics, the most popular being clinical issues (53.8%). Eighty percent of the publications were "applied research articles" and most of them adopted a quantitative approach with a descriptive study design. Hospitals and clinics were the most common settings studied, while patients and caregivers were the participants most often involved. Foreign coauthors contributed to 30% of the articles.
DISCUSSION
Italian nursing academics contribute adequately to scientific production in the nursing sector.
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