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Dissertation
A bibliometric analysis of pharmaceutical research
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
Jun 1982
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00007564
Abstract
This study bibliometrically examines the research process of U.S. based for-profit pharmaceutical companies (pharmcos). The comparative performance of bibliometric analysis versus expert judgement in predicting research performance was examined, in an arena which may be uniquely capable of permitting such an examination. For each pharmaceutical company, the drug as output of the research process was examined, and for each company composite research output scores were calculated based on that company's drug output (1965-1976). These research production scores normalized by research budget as an indicator of research organizational size produced an indicator of research productivity, an output/input ratio. For drug research performance, the best and most consistent predictors in general were the number of clinical articles, and in particular highly cited clinical articles. In general there was a tendency for bibliometric indicators to perform better than expert judgements in predicting research performance. The expert judgements appeared to depend to a high degree upon the bibliometric variables, in a subject specific fashion related to the scientific discipline of the judges. Regression techniques indicated an initial factor of bibliometric size, and a seconary factor of bibliometric quality. This corroborates and extends the earlier (1978) results of Anderson, Narin and McAllister, demonstrating the phenomenon in a much more robust fashion. Pharmco articles were found to be highly cited, particularly in the area of biomedical research, where they appear to be on a par with NIH funded medical school articles. This has implications for science policy, as it indicates that pharmaceutical research may have scientific outputs that are of far broader utility than just to the pharmaceutical company concerned, outputs that policy formulation may wish to encourage.
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- Title
- A bibliometric analysis of pharmaceutical research
- Creators
- Michael E. D. Koenig
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xi, 162 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Library and Information Science (1978-1984); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021889012604721