Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET

Autores
García Carrillo, Mercedes; Testoni, Federico E; Marc André Gagnon; Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra; Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias
Año de publicación
2022
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inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
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Background: The prevailing health and biomedical sciences (HBMS) research agenda, not only determined by leading academic institutions but also by large pharmaceutical companies, has been shown to prioritize the exploration of novel pharmacological interventions over the study of the socio-environmental factors influencing illness onset and progression. The aim of this investigation is to quantitatively explore whether and to what extent the prevailing international HBMS research agenda and the key actors setting this agenda influence research in non-core countries. Methods: We used the Web of Science database and the CorText platform to proxy the HBMS research agenda of a prestigious research institution from Latin America: Argentina's National Research Council (CONICET). We conducted a bibliometric and lexical analysis of 16,309 HBMS academic articles whereby CONICET was among the authors' affiliations. The content of CONICET's agenda was represented through co-occurrence network maps of the most frequent concatenation of terms found in titles, keywords, and abstracts. We compared our findings with previous reports on the international HBMS research agenda. Results: In line with the results previously reported for the prevailing international agenda, we found that terms linked to molecular biology and cancer research hegemonize CONICET's HBMS research agenda, whereas terms connecting HBMS research with socio-environmental cues are marginal. However, we also found differences with the international agenda: CONICET's HBMS agenda shows a marginal presence of terms linked to translational medicine, while terms associated with categories such as pathogens, plant research, agrobiotechnology, and food industry are more represented than in the prevailing agenda. Conclusions: CONICET's HBMS research agenda shares topics, priorities, and methodologies with the prevailing HBMS international research agenda. However, CONICET's HBMS research agenda is internally heterogeneous, appearing to be mostly driven by a combination of elements that not only reflect academic dependency (the adoption of the prevailing research agenda by non-core research institutions) but also local economic determinants associated with Argentina's place in the international division of labor as an exporter of primary goods.
Fil: García Carrillo, Mercedes. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; Argentina
Fil: Testoni, Federico E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Marc André Gagnon. Carleton University; Canadá
Fil: Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional.; Argentina
Materia
ACADEMIC DEPENDENCY
AGENDA
ARGENTINA
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
CONICET
PUBLIC HEALTH
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acceso abierto
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
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CONICET Digital (CONICET)
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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spelling Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICETGarcía Carrillo, MercedesTestoni, Federico EMarc André GagnonRikap, Cecilia AlejandraBlaustein Kappelmacher, MatiasACADEMIC DEPENDENCYAGENDAARGENTINABIOMEDICAL SCIENCESCONICETPUBLIC HEALTHhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3Background: The prevailing health and biomedical sciences (HBMS) research agenda, not only determined by leading academic institutions but also by large pharmaceutical companies, has been shown to prioritize the exploration of novel pharmacological interventions over the study of the socio-environmental factors influencing illness onset and progression. The aim of this investigation is to quantitatively explore whether and to what extent the prevailing international HBMS research agenda and the key actors setting this agenda influence research in non-core countries. Methods: We used the Web of Science database and the CorText platform to proxy the HBMS research agenda of a prestigious research institution from Latin America: Argentina's National Research Council (CONICET). We conducted a bibliometric and lexical analysis of 16,309 HBMS academic articles whereby CONICET was among the authors' affiliations. The content of CONICET's agenda was represented through co-occurrence network maps of the most frequent concatenation of terms found in titles, keywords, and abstracts. We compared our findings with previous reports on the international HBMS research agenda. Results: In line with the results previously reported for the prevailing international agenda, we found that terms linked to molecular biology and cancer research hegemonize CONICET's HBMS research agenda, whereas terms connecting HBMS research with socio-environmental cues are marginal. However, we also found differences with the international agenda: CONICET's HBMS agenda shows a marginal presence of terms linked to translational medicine, while terms associated with categories such as pathogens, plant research, agrobiotechnology, and food industry are more represented than in the prevailing agenda. Conclusions: CONICET's HBMS research agenda shares topics, priorities, and methodologies with the prevailing HBMS international research agenda. However, CONICET's HBMS research agenda is internally heterogeneous, appearing to be mostly driven by a combination of elements that not only reflect academic dependency (the adoption of the prevailing research agenda by non-core research institutions) but also local economic determinants associated with Argentina's place in the international division of labor as an exporter of primary goods.Fil: García Carrillo, Mercedes. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; ArgentinaFil: Testoni, Federico E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; ArgentinaFil: Marc André Gagnon. Carleton University; CanadáFil: Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional.; ArgentinaElsevier2022-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/221492García Carrillo, Mercedes; Testoni, Federico E; Marc André Gagnon; Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra; Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias; Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET; Elsevier; Heliyon; 8; 11; 11-2022; 1-92405-84402405-8440CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022027694info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11481info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:54:38Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/221492instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:54:38.832CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
title Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
spellingShingle Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
García Carrillo, Mercedes
ACADEMIC DEPENDENCY
AGENDA
ARGENTINA
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
CONICET
PUBLIC HEALTH
title_short Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
title_full Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
title_fullStr Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
title_full_unstemmed Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
title_sort Academic dependency: the influence of the prevailing international biomedical research agenda on Argentina’s CONICET
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Carrillo, Mercedes
Testoni, Federico E
Marc André Gagnon
Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra
Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias
author García Carrillo, Mercedes
author_facet García Carrillo, Mercedes
Testoni, Federico E
Marc André Gagnon
Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra
Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias
author_role author
author2 Testoni, Federico E
Marc André Gagnon
Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra
Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ACADEMIC DEPENDENCY
AGENDA
ARGENTINA
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
CONICET
PUBLIC HEALTH
topic ACADEMIC DEPENDENCY
AGENDA
ARGENTINA
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
CONICET
PUBLIC HEALTH
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Background: The prevailing health and biomedical sciences (HBMS) research agenda, not only determined by leading academic institutions but also by large pharmaceutical companies, has been shown to prioritize the exploration of novel pharmacological interventions over the study of the socio-environmental factors influencing illness onset and progression. The aim of this investigation is to quantitatively explore whether and to what extent the prevailing international HBMS research agenda and the key actors setting this agenda influence research in non-core countries. Methods: We used the Web of Science database and the CorText platform to proxy the HBMS research agenda of a prestigious research institution from Latin America: Argentina's National Research Council (CONICET). We conducted a bibliometric and lexical analysis of 16,309 HBMS academic articles whereby CONICET was among the authors' affiliations. The content of CONICET's agenda was represented through co-occurrence network maps of the most frequent concatenation of terms found in titles, keywords, and abstracts. We compared our findings with previous reports on the international HBMS research agenda. Results: In line with the results previously reported for the prevailing international agenda, we found that terms linked to molecular biology and cancer research hegemonize CONICET's HBMS research agenda, whereas terms connecting HBMS research with socio-environmental cues are marginal. However, we also found differences with the international agenda: CONICET's HBMS agenda shows a marginal presence of terms linked to translational medicine, while terms associated with categories such as pathogens, plant research, agrobiotechnology, and food industry are more represented than in the prevailing agenda. Conclusions: CONICET's HBMS research agenda shares topics, priorities, and methodologies with the prevailing HBMS international research agenda. However, CONICET's HBMS research agenda is internally heterogeneous, appearing to be mostly driven by a combination of elements that not only reflect academic dependency (the adoption of the prevailing research agenda by non-core research institutions) but also local economic determinants associated with Argentina's place in the international division of labor as an exporter of primary goods.
Fil: García Carrillo, Mercedes. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; Argentina
Fil: Testoni, Federico E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Marc André Gagnon. Carleton University; Canadá
Fil: Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Blaustein Kappelmacher, Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional.; Argentina
description Background: The prevailing health and biomedical sciences (HBMS) research agenda, not only determined by leading academic institutions but also by large pharmaceutical companies, has been shown to prioritize the exploration of novel pharmacological interventions over the study of the socio-environmental factors influencing illness onset and progression. The aim of this investigation is to quantitatively explore whether and to what extent the prevailing international HBMS research agenda and the key actors setting this agenda influence research in non-core countries. Methods: We used the Web of Science database and the CorText platform to proxy the HBMS research agenda of a prestigious research institution from Latin America: Argentina's National Research Council (CONICET). We conducted a bibliometric and lexical analysis of 16,309 HBMS academic articles whereby CONICET was among the authors' affiliations. The content of CONICET's agenda was represented through co-occurrence network maps of the most frequent concatenation of terms found in titles, keywords, and abstracts. We compared our findings with previous reports on the international HBMS research agenda. Results: In line with the results previously reported for the prevailing international agenda, we found that terms linked to molecular biology and cancer research hegemonize CONICET's HBMS research agenda, whereas terms connecting HBMS research with socio-environmental cues are marginal. However, we also found differences with the international agenda: CONICET's HBMS agenda shows a marginal presence of terms linked to translational medicine, while terms associated with categories such as pathogens, plant research, agrobiotechnology, and food industry are more represented than in the prevailing agenda. Conclusions: CONICET's HBMS research agenda shares topics, priorities, and methodologies with the prevailing HBMS international research agenda. However, CONICET's HBMS research agenda is internally heterogeneous, appearing to be mostly driven by a combination of elements that not only reflect academic dependency (the adoption of the prevailing research agenda by non-core research institutions) but also local economic determinants associated with Argentina's place in the international division of labor as an exporter of primary goods.
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