Scientific production of research fellows at the Zagreb University School of Medicine, Croatia.

Aim: To evaluate scientific production among research fellows employed at the Zagreb University School of Medicine and identify factors associated with their scientific output.

Method: We conducted a survey among research fellows and their mentors during June 2005. The main outcome measure was publication success, defined for each fellow as publishing at least 0.

Papers published by members of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, registered in international bibliographic data bases in the period 1986-1990.

Scientific productivity of the CAMS members was analyzed according to the number of papers published in periodicals covered by international Medline and Science Citation Index data bases from 1986 to 1990. Results showed the mean scientific productivity per CAMS member, and the relationship between scientific productivity and age, field of medicine or respective biomedical discipline. The pattern of scientific productivity was also found to change, when analyzed according to Medline or SCI data bases in separate.