Surgical Research in Colombia Part 1

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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Academic Productivity; Research Productivity
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: scientific and academic productivity

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 40

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Colombia
  • Bogotá, Colombia, 110111
    • Colombian Ministry of Science Database

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Research groups recognized and/or categorized by the Colombian Ministry of Science

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Case-Only
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Colombian research groups in surgery	Other: scientific and academic productivity; Number and quartile of scientific products generated by the group

What is the study measuring?

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ivan David Lozada-Martinez

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 5, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 10, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): February 2, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 2, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 2, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2022
• Last Verified: April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 00001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: This data is available to the public

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No