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Analysis of institutional authors

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February 28, 2022
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Trends in the Prescription of Strong Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Primary Care in Catalonia: Opicat-Padris-Project

Publicated to: Pharmaceutics. 14 (2): 237- - 2022-02-01 14(2), DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020237

Authors:

Perelló-Bratescu, A; Dürsteler, C; Alvarez-Carrera, MA; Granés, L; Kostov, B; Sisó-Almirall, A
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Affiliations

Consorci Atencio Primaria Salut Barcelona Esquerr, Les Corts Primary Hlth Care Ctr, Barcelona 08029, Spain - Author
Hosp Clin Barcelona, Anaesthesiol Dept, Pain Med Sect, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Hosp Clin Barcelona, Prevent Med & Epidemiol Dept, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Hosp Clin Barcelona, Surg Dept, Pain Med Sect, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Inst Invest Biomed August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, Primary Healthcare Transversal Res Grp, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Larrard Primary Hlth Ctr, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, Barcelona 08024, Spain - Author
Pharm Serv, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, Barcelona 08024, Spain - Author
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Abstract

In chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP), evidence of the effectiveness of strong opioids (SO) is very limited. Despite this, their use is increasingly common. To examine SO prescriptions, we designed a descriptive, longitudinal, retrospective population-based study, including patients aged >= 15 years prescribed SO for >= 3 months continuously in 2013-2017 for CNCP in primary care in Catalonia. Of the 22,691 patients included, 17,509 (77.2%) were women, 10,585 (46.6%) were aged >80 years, and most had incomes of [+]

Keywords

big datachronic paininappropriate prescribingmedicationsopioid-related disordersopioidspharmacoeconomicspharmacoepidemiologyphysiciansprimary caretransdermal fentanylAnalgesicsAvaluació del risc per la salutBig dataChronic painHealth risk assessmentInappropriate prescribingOpiacisOpioid-related disordersOpioidsPain treatmentPharmacoeconomicsPharmacoepidemiologyPhysiciansPrimary careRelease oral morphineTractament del dolor

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Pharmaceutics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 50/278, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Pharmacology & Pharmacy.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-01:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 6
  • Europe PMC: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-01:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 23.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 23 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 69.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 103 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/201469
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Sisó Almirall, Antoni).

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Awards linked to the item

A.P.-B. received funding from the Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria-semFYC as it was a grant for the completion of doctoral theses Isabel Fernandez 2019, grant number 6/2019.
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