Objective
To describe the international scientific publication capacity of medical, public health and pharmacy universities, faculties and research institutes in Vietnam in 2019.
Methodology
This was a cross-sectional study. The research participants included 2,200 lecturers, researchers of medical, public health and pharmacy universities, faculties and research institutes in Vietnam who already had personal accounts on the ResearchGate database by June 2019.
Results
Five institutes with the highest proportions of lecturers, researchers who had more than 30 international scientific articles were National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) (15.8%), Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH) (11.15%), Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) (9.5%), Department of Medicine and Pharmacy of Hanoi National University (5.5%) and Hanoi Medical University (3.1%). Based on h-index, the measure of productivity and the impact of research on the international scientific community, results showed that institutes with the highest proportions of lecturers, researchers with h-index ³ 10 were NIHE (19.3%), HUPH (9%), Military Medical Academy (5%), TDTU (4.8%) and Nguyen Tat Thanh University (3.8%).
Conclusion
The international scientific publication capacity of the majority of medical, public health and pharmacy universities, faculties and research institutes in Vietnam was still quite limited. In general, Public Health faculties/universities/institutes had higher international scientific publication capacity than the pharmacy and medical institutions.