Political borders as scientific barriers in general practice. Portugal and Spain as a case study

Ignorance is frequently the rule in between neighbours. This study focus on political borders as scientific barries with data from Portuguese and Spanish publications in the field of General Practice. Spanish authors fully ignore their Portugueses colleages which in turn cited them just in low percentage. Both use to cite English papers, as the European publications do no exit if publish in other language.

• Political borders as scientific barriers in general practice. Portugal and Spain as a case study. Villanueva, T., Cavadas, L.F., Gérvas, J., Padilla, J., Serrano, E., Cofiño, R. Eur J Gen Pract. 2010. doi: 10.3109/13814788.2010.498883. Download whole article here.

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