Translational medical research in Nigeria: challenges, prospects and recommendations for the future

Salami, Afeez Abolarinwa; Kanmodi, Kehinde Kazeem

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“…Furthermore, we observed that the multiple clusters/groups of researchers/institutions/countries/territories authoring or sourcing articles on milk fluoridation were very small in size, with little or no collaboration between the groups. The different factors, including language barriers and limited funding, may be responsible for the current lack of large collaborations in milk fluoridation research [ 62 ]. However, due to the limited scope of this review, the specific factors responsible for this observation could not be ascertained.…”

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A Scopus-Based Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Contributions on Milk Fluoridation

Kanmodi

Nwafor

Salami

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Fluoridated-milk schemes have been developed and implemented in many countries to prevent dental caries. This study aimed to evaluate the impact/influence of scientific publications, researchers, and institutions conducting research on milk fluoridation; to explore the international and inter-institutional collaboration and illustrate scientific output trends; and to pinpoint research hotspots in milk fluoridation research. This bibliometric analysis of original research articles on milk fluoridation includes all of the original articles published in peer-reviewed journals systematically extracted from the SCOPUS database. In total, 108 articles were included in this study, with a total of 11,789 citations. A majority (67.6%) of these articles were in the subject area of ‘dentistry’, 22.2% externally funded, 14.8% published in the journal, Caries Research, 7.4% authored/co-authored by Twetman S, 6.5% by authors from Universidad de Chile, and the UK had the highest output (24.1%). The network visualizations showed that those countries with current/past histories of implemented milk fluoridation programs were interconnected on the network visualization map, and they were predominantly the hotspots for original research on milk fluoridation. This study also identified inequalities in research outputs on the topic. With the current enormous global burden of dental caries in children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, there is an urgent need for greater and more equitable funding of milk fluoridation research globally.

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A Scopus-Based Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Contributions on Milk Fluoridation

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Salami

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“…It is also important to note that these journals predominantly publish their papers in English, yet many researchers in the Global South are not native English speakers [58,59]. This language barrier may contribute to the existing inequalities in the global research productivity on poverty [49].…”

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“…Another serious problem is the high fees required for publishing papers in the top 10 leading journals on poverty. Most of the researchers from the Global South have little or no institutional funding and, therefore, could not afford to publish their works in these leading journals [58][59][60]; this, therefore, might have reduced their chances of publishing their works in those highly influential journals.…”

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“…At the same time, the rest were researchers from the Global North -the USA, Switzerland, Sweden, France and the United Kingdom. The unequal distribution in this list may be due to the lower amount of resources provided for scholarly research funding and promotion in the Global South [49,59,60]. Researchers from China, Malaysia and South Africa made the list of the top 10 most productive authors.…”

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“…The study recommends that those researchers and institutions with more expertise in poverty research should facilitate the proliferation of research clusters in less productive institutions and countries. This can be achieved through leadership, mentorship, funding and training [59].…”

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The state of global research on poverty after SDG declaration

Kanmodi

Amzat

Nnyanzi

2023

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BackgroundPoverty is a significant global problem which can hinder the attainment of the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Poverty reduction or elimination requires adequate scientific or research contributions, creating socio‐scientific frames that could inform relevant stakeholders in policy planning, implementation and evaluation. This study aims to review the state of global research on poverty (2016 and upwards), since the UN's declaration of SDGs in 2015.MethodsThis study adopted a bibliometric review design. On 31 May 2022, a systematic SCOPUS‐based search was conducted to retrieve all journal papers published on poverty (2016 till 31 May 2022). The bibliometric data of the retrieved papers were analysed using Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer software.ResultA total of 15,143 journal papers on poverty were retrieved, of which 91.2% were published in English, whereas slightly more than half (52.9%) were published in the social sciences. Although all regions of the world sourced journal papers on poverty, however, countries from the Global North, particularly the USA and the United Kingdom, dominated other countries in terms of authorship, funding and institutional affiliations. Among Global South countries, China leads in terms of authorship, funding and institutional affiliations. South America and Africa contributed the smallest volume of journal papers on poverty.ConclusionThere exist global inequalities in research productivity on poverty. The global poverty problem skews to the Global South, but the scientific contributions flow from the Global North. There is a need to narrow the existing inequality gaps in the research productivity on poverty through North–South synergetic research collaborations.

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Translational medical research in Nigeria: challenges, prospects and recommendations for the future

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A Scopus-Based Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Contributions on Milk Fluoridation

A Scopus-Based Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Contributions on Milk Fluoridation

The state of global research on poverty after SDG declaration

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