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. 2019 Mar 21;6(3):745-753.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.262. eCollection 2019 Jul.

The contribution of nursing doctoral schools to the development of evidence 10 years after their establishment in Italy: An exploratory descriptive survey of former and current doctoral students' publications

Loredana Sasso  1 , Roger Watson  2 , Michela Barisone  1 , Ramona Pellegrini  1 , Fiona Timmins  3 , Giuseppe Aleo  1 , Valentina Bressan  4 , Monica Bianchi  5 , Lucia Cadorin  6 , Nicoletta Dasso  1 , Dario Valcarenghi  7 , Gianluca Catania  1   8 , Milko Zanini  1 , Annamaria Bagnasco  1
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The contribution of nursing doctoral schools to the development of evidence 10 years after their establishment in Italy: An exploratory descriptive survey of former and current doctoral students' publications

Loredana Sasso et al. Nurs Open. .

Abstract

Aim: To analyse through an exploratory descriptive survey how former and current doctoral students' publications have contributed to the development of evidence between the establishment of the doctoral schools of nursing in 2006-2015.

Design: An exploratory descriptive survey.

Methods: We analysed the papers published in peer-reviewed journals by the four Italian PhD Schools of Nursing between 2006-2015. Additional missing information was retrieved from Web of Science.

Results: We identified 478 scientific papers. The papers increased from 12 in 2006-110 in 2015. Most are published in 29 journals, of which 15 had an impact factor ranging between 0.236-3.755. These results show the increasingly significant contribution of nursing doctoral programmes to the production of evidence, which can be used to improve the quality of nursing and inform health policies. Nursing doctoral schools deserve a greater recognition, especially by Italian funding agencies and political institutions.

Keywords: competencies; decision‐making; doctoral nursing education; nursing research; policy; research knowledge; survey.

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Total number of scientific papers (2006–2015)
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Scientific papers published in Journals with an Impact Factor
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Scientific papers published in Journals without an Impact Factor
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Number of papers published on each topic and their distribution from 2006–2015
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