Impact of GDP, spending on R&amp;D, the number of universities and scientific journals on research publications in environmental sciences in the Middle East

Meo, Sultan Ayoub; Masri, Abeer A. Al; Usmani, Adnan Mahmood; Halepoto, Dost Muhammad

doi:10.2478/s13382-013-0147-6

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“…In seeking explanation for these findings, the most possible one may be related to high prevalence of cases with WNV in these countries which experienced several outbreaks [45,70,71]. Another possible clarification for these results could be attributed to spending on research and development, gross domestic product per capita, indexed scientific journals, number of universities, and a good utilization of resources for these countries assigned to research output [72][73][74]. Another important finding was that the USA also has the highest h-index, which demonstrated that WNV publications originating from the USA had the highest quality.…”

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Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Al-Jabi

2017

Global Health

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BackgroundWest Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging infectious disease which is most commonly transmitted to humans through mosquito, and is considered a major public-health problem worldwide. The aim of the current study is to bibliometrically analyze the quantity and quality of publications indexed in Scopus from different countries to reveal the characteristics of global research output regarding WNV.MethodsThis study is a bibliometric analysis based on the Scopus database. This study focused on identifying WNV publication trends with regard to publication year, publication type, prolific countries, language of publication, as well as, prolific journals, citations, and collaboration patterns.ResultsA total of 4729 publications were considered in this study, which were published between 1943 and 2016. The annual quantity of literature published before 2000 followed a low rate of research growth; while the quantity of publications after 2000 were published in a stage of rapid development. The country with the greatest number of publications in WNV research field was the USA with 2304 (48.7%) publications, followed by France with 224 (4.7%) publications, and Canada with 222 (4.7%) publications. Contributions from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) were considerably small, that is, (n = 519 publications; 11%). All publications related to WNV achieved h-index of 140 and were cited 124,222 times. The median [interquartile range] number of citations per article thus amounts to 9 [2-28]. The USA had the highest h-index of 131. Emerging Infectious Diseases is the most productive journal with 227 articles, followed by Journal of Virology with 162 publications. The result designated that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ranked the first in terms of publication output, followed by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.ConclusionsThere is an obvious trend of WNV research after 2000, and countries with high income have more contributions in WNV research field. The research output is low among LMIC. The USA produced the largest number of publications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention obtained the leading position of the institutions in terms of publication output. In general, this study not only presents a full view of global WNV research, but also can contribute for future further research in this field.

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Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Al-Jabi

2017

Global Health

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“…References are cited for many reasons, including objects of research and the research content [36]. Citable documents and citations per document were used to assess publications in environmental sciences in some research [37]. Due to the fact that the impact factor is not the most ideal indicator reflecting the quality of papers, this paper employed impact factor, citations and numbers of reference as standards to evaluate the quality of publications.…”

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Scientific publications in public, environmental and occupational health journals by authors from China, Japan and Korea in East Asia: A 10-year literature survey from 2003 to 2012

Li¹,

Liu²,

Zhang³

2015

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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“…It is therefore essential to quantify current research output as it constitutes the basis for strategic planning and decisions making [7]. Bibliometric analysis, now a widely accepted method for assessing research in many fields, is employed to quantify and assess research output and also depict its growth and spread [8].…”

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Medical research productivity in the Arab countries: 2007-2016 bibliometric analysis

El-Rassi

Meho

Nahlawi

et al. 2018

Journal of Global Health

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BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess recent trends in medical research productivity in Arab countries.MethodsWe collected bibliometric data for the world countries, Arab countries, and Arab institutions for 2007-2016, using Essential Science Indicators, Journal Citation Reports, and Web of Science database. We collected the number of published papers overall and per year, citations per paper, and number of papers published in top quartile and top 10% journals. For the 10 most productive institutions, we additionally collected the number of papers with correspondence authors affiliated with the institution.ResultsThe Arab world produced 189 papers per one million people, about a quarter of the value for other world countries. Four Arab countries (Qatar, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Kuwait) produced more than 695 papers per one million people, exceeding the world average. The average number of citations per paper was 9.2; it rose to more than 15 for papers with international collaboration. At the institutional level, the number of citations showed upward trends, with six institutions having an average citation per paper higher than that of all Arab countries. For the 10 most productive institutions in Arab countries, the percentage of papers involving international collaborations ranged from 42% to 79%; of these, 9% to 29% were led by authors from the same institution. For these 10 most productive institutions, the percentage of papers published in the top quartile journals and with a lead/corresponding author from the institution ranged from 7 to 32%; that percentage drops to 1% to 10% for papers published in top 10% journals.ConclusionsAlthough medical research output in Arab countries at both the country and the institution levels has increased over the past 10 years, it is still lagging behind the rest of the world. The percentage of papers involving international collaborations was relatively high, but the majority of these papers were led by authors from outside the local institution, particularly when published in the top 10% journals.

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Impact of GDP, spending on R&D, the number of universities and scientific journals on research publications in environmental sciences in the Middle East

Cited by 18 publications

References 6 publications

Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

Scientific publications in public, environmental and occupational health journals by authors from China, Japan and Korea in East Asia: A 10-year literature survey from 2003 to 2012

Medical research productivity in the Arab countries: 2007-2016 bibliometric analysis

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