TY - JOUR
T1 - Analyzing Funding Patterns and Their Evolution in Two Medical Research Topics
AU - De-Miguel-Molina, Blanca
AU - Cunningham, Scott W.
AU - Palop, Fernando
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper analyzes funding patterns and their evolution in two medical research topics: breast cancer and ovarian cancer, taking into account cross-agency and cross-national co-funding. A bibliometric analysis of 355463 papers from PubMed (273526 on breast cancer and 81937 on ovarian cancer) brought back 91 funding agencies involved in breast cancer and 65 in ovarian cancer. Additionally, the paper examined the evolution of medical subject headings (MESH) funded by agencies. An analysis of patterns in funding, co-funding, MESH, and their evolution, was carried out using social network analysis (SNA) methodology. The results show the importance of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in both breast and ovarian cancer. The NCI achieves its policy goals by co-funding its programs with both national and cross-national agencies. Moreover, the MESH agencies co-funded in the two years studied coincided; however, it must be said that the number of agencies which participated in research funding also increased.
AB - This paper analyzes funding patterns and their evolution in two medical research topics: breast cancer and ovarian cancer, taking into account cross-agency and cross-national co-funding. A bibliometric analysis of 355463 papers from PubMed (273526 on breast cancer and 81937 on ovarian cancer) brought back 91 funding agencies involved in breast cancer and 65 in ovarian cancer. Additionally, the paper examined the evolution of medical subject headings (MESH) funded by agencies. An analysis of patterns in funding, co-funding, MESH, and their evolution, was carried out using social network analysis (SNA) methodology. The results show the importance of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in both breast and ovarian cancer. The NCI achieves its policy goals by co-funding its programs with both national and cross-national agencies. Moreover, the MESH agencies co-funded in the two years studied coincided; however, it must be said that the number of agencies which participated in research funding also increased.
KW - cancer research
KW - Co-funding research
KW - medical subject headings (MESH)
KW - social network analysis
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U2 - 10.1142/S0219877017400107
DO - 10.1142/S0219877017400107
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994128717
SN - 0219-8770
VL - 14
JO - International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
JF - International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
IS - 2
M1 - 1740010
ER -
