Neurological research in Italy from 2020 to 2023

A Conte; N De Stefano; A Nicoletti; V Caso; M Mancuso; Alfredo Berardelli; G Defazio

doi:10.1007/s10072-023-07131-x

Neurological research in Italy from 2020 to 2023

Neurol Sci. 2024 Feb;45(2):741-744. doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-07131-x. Epub 2023 Oct 20.

Authors

A Conte^{1

2}, N De Stefano³, A Nicoletti⁴, V Caso⁵, M Mancuso⁶, Alfredo Berardelli^{7

8}, G Defazio⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza, University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy.
² IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy.
⁵ Stroke Unit, Department of Emergency and Vascular Medicine Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
⁶ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
⁷ Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza, University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy. alfredo.berardelli@uniroma1.it.
⁸ IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy. alfredo.berardelli@uniroma1.it.
⁹ Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

PMID: 37857942
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-023-07131-x

Abstract

Background: To assess the state of neurological scientific research in Italy in the time interval 2020-2023.

Methods: Elsevier's modular integrated platform "SciVal" was used to analyze bibliometric research products starting from scientific production data uploaded onto Scopus. We considered the research area "Neurology" in the 01/01/2020-14/06/2023 time interval, and the following variables were extracted: number of published studies, number of citations, Field-Weighted Citation Impact, and percentage of international collaborations. The contribution of Italian scientists to the neurological research was compared to that of the other nations.

Results: Research identified 90,633 scientific papers in the neurological area worldwide, with a total of 472,750 citations. The products assigned to Italian groups were 6670 (53,587 citations, Field-Weighted Citation Impact 1.68, 41% international collaborations).

Conclusions: According to the present study, Italian neurological research 2020 to 2023 ranks fifth globally and third in Europe.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Italy; Neurology; Research activity; SciVal; Scopus.

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics*
Europe
Humans
Italy
Neurology*
Publications