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INNOSC Theranostics and
Pharmacological Sciences Bibliometric skills of pharma postgraduates

To this end, the researchers searched the literature in
academic databases and search engines, including Web of
Science, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar on January
8, 2024, at 10 a.m. (Beijing time) using the keywords
“Pharmacy education” and “Framework.” Access to these
databases was provided by Jinan University. The retrieved
literature was sorted by relevance, and the research team
downloaded the top 50 relevant papers from each search
engine and read them after deduplication. The 10 papers 41-50
that were closest to the expected research paradigm of
this paper (Table 1) were selected and the approaches,
theoretics, and goals of these frameworks were analyzed.
Figure 3. Bibliometric research process flowchart The team then constructed the BAC framework based on
the findings as well as their own years of experience as
development, bibliometric analysis has been widely applied educators and researchers.
to several sub-disciplines in the medical field, including
physiology, toxicology, clinical medicine, clinical 4. Framework proposal
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chemistry, public health, nursing, and pharmacy. In 4.1. Tabular and schematic summary
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the field of pharmacy, bibliometric analysis can be applied
to research on various aspects of drug development, Regarding the proposed framework, tabular and schematic
such as drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, natural summaries are provided in Table 2 and Figure 4, respectively.
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product extraction, biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical 4.2. Description
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analysis, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical
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engineering, and pharmaceutical management. 37 In this subsection, the BAC framework is explained
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in detail to provide some reference for the reform of
Bibliometric analysis has positive implications for pharmaceutical graduate education in China.
the field of drug discovery, and the use of bibliometric
principles to evaluate, analyze, and provide historical Based on the six technical steps of bibliometric analysis
perspective on journal evaluation has become widespread. mentioned above (the determination of a research aim;
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Bibliometrics has also positively influenced drug the establishment of a retrieval strategy; the literature
development. Bibliometric methods can be used to analyze survey; software processing; data interpretation; and
the research status, hotspots, and development trends of the description of the knowledge domain), the BAC
drugs already on the market, which, in turn, can illuminate framework is divided into three levels: A, knowledge; B,
new directions for further research and development. 39,40 familiarization; and C, mastering (Table 2).
Pharmacy postgraduates, as future drug developers and The internal logical relationship of the BAC
researchers, should therefore master this skill to help them framework is shown in Figure 4. Levels A–C are
in their work. This article, therefore, proposes a new BAC progressive, aligning with the principles of human
framework as a theoretical guide to implement bibliometric cognition and higher education, and exhibit high
training in pharmaceutical education. rationality. In addition, Figure 4 shows the expected
progress of the implementation of the BAC framework,
3. Methods which is based on a 3-year, six-semester postgraduate
Based on the above background, this paper proposes pharmaceutical program. In Semester 1, the pedagogy for
a framework for bibliometric analysis training. The Level A of competency is carried out as early as possible.
researchers have developed the BAC framework to In Semesters 2 and 3, the staff helps develop Level B
improve this aspect of graduate-level pharmacy education competencies among postgraduate students. Based on
in China. The objective of this paper was to systematically this foundation, the remaining Semesters 4 – 6 can be
analyze the existing educational resources and research used to implement the Level C training plan. Postgraduate
findings using this framework to identify the key issues students in other long-term study programs can make
and potential areas of improvement in pharmacy appropriate adjustments in the above schedule. A shorter
postgraduate education and provide a scientific basis and study program would shorten the overall training cycle,
guidance for future educational policies and curriculum especially Levels A and B, but should guarantee adequate
design. training for Level C competencies. Meanwhile, a longer

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