Assessing the scientific research productivity of a leading toxicology journal: A case study of <i>Human &amp; Experimental Toxicology</i> from 2003 to 2012

Zyoud, Sa’ed H; Al-Jabi, Samah W.; Sweileh, Waleed M.; Awang, Rahmat

doi:10.1177/2050312114523424

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“…This study is not without limitations, most of which are the same as those of studies performed in other biomedical fields [22-25]. First of all, we used Scopus criteria for including tobacco-related keywords in our study.…”

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A Scopus-based examination of tobacco use publications in Middle Eastern Arab countries during the period 2003–2012

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Al-Jabi

Sweileh

et al. 2014

Harm Reduction Journal

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BackgroundTobacco smoking is the main health-care problem in the world. Evaluation of scientific output in the field of tobacco use has been poorly explored in Middle Eastern Arab (MEA) countries to date, and there are few internationally published reports on research activity in tobacco use. The main objectives of this study were to analyse the research output originating from 13 MEA countries on tobacco fields and to examine the authorship pattern and the citations retrieved from the Scopus database.MethodsData from 1 January 2003 through 31 December 2012 were searched for documents with specific words regarding the tobacco field as 'keywords’ in the title in any 1 of the 13 MEA countries. Research productivity was evaluated based on a methodology developed and used in other bibliometric studies.ResultsFive hundred documents were retrieved from 320 peer-reviewed journals. The greatest amount of research activity was from Egypt (25.4%), followed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (23.2%), Lebanon (16.3%), and Jordan (14.8%). The total number of citations for the 560 documents, at the time of data analysis (27 August 2013), was 5,585, with a mean ± SD of 9.95 ± 22.64 and a median (interquartile range) of 3(1–10). The h-index of the retrieved documents was 34. This study identified 232 (41.4%) documents from 53 countries in MEA-foreign country collaborations. By region, MEA collaborated most often with countries in the Americas (29.6%), followed by countries in the same MEA region (13.4%), especially KSA and Egypt.ConclusionsThe present data reveal a promising rise and a good start for research productivity in the tobacco field in the Arab world. Research output is low in some countries, which can be improved by investing in more international and national collaborative research projects in the field of tobacco.

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A Scopus-based examination of tobacco use publications in Middle Eastern Arab countries during the period 2003–2012

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Al-Jabi

Sweileh

et al. 2014

Harm Reduction Journal

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“…Finally, our study is not without limitations, most of which are the same as those of studies performed in other biomedical fields [7,8,14,76]. First of all, we used ISI web of knowledge database and therefore articles published in elsewhere were not included.…”

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Assessing urology and nephrology research activity in Arab countries using ISI web of science bibliometric database

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BackgroundBibliometric analysis is increasingly being used for research assessment. The main objective of this study was to assess research output in Urology and Nephrology subject from the Arab countries. Original scientific articles or reviews published from the 21 Arab countries in “Urology and Nephrology” subject were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Research productivity was evaluated based on a methodology developed and used in other bibliometric studies by analyzing the annual productivity, names of journals, citations; top 10 active institution and authors as well as country contribution to Urology and Nephrology research.ResultsThree thousand and seventy six documents in “urology and nephrology” subject category were retrieved from 104 journals. This represents 1.4% of the global research output in “urology and nephrology”. Four hundred and two documents (12.66%) were published in Annales D Urologie Journal. The h-index of the retrieved documents was 57. The total number of citations, at the time of data analysis, was 30401 with an average citation of 9.57 per document. Egypt, with a total publication of 1284 (40.43%) ranked first among the Arab countries in “urology and nephrology” subject category. Mansoura University in Egypt was the most productive institution with a total of 561 (15.33%) documents. Arab researchers collaborated most with researchers from the United States of America (226; 7.12%) in urology and nephrology research.ConclusionThe present data reveals a good contribution of some Arab countries to the field of “urology and nephrology”. More efforts are needed by some other Arab countries to bridge the gap in urology and nephrology research. Overall, the quality of urology/nephrology research is considered relatively high as measured by h-index. Cooperation in urology/nephrology research should be encouraged in the Arab world to bridge the gap with that from developed countries.

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“…Our study is not without limitations, most of which are the same as those of studies performed in other biomedical fields [11,26,74,75]. First of all, articles published in journals not indexed in Scopus were not included in the analysis, although they might contribute to scientific productivity.…”

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Bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: research activity in Arab countries

Sweileh

Al-Jabi

Zyoud

et al. 2014

Multidiscip Respir Med

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BackgroundChronic respiratory diseases, like bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a worldwide health problem. Quantitative and qualitative assessment of asthma and COPD-related research from Arab countries has not been explored and there are few internationally published reports on such field. The main objectives of this study were to analyze research output originating from Arab countries in the field of bronchial asthma and COPD.MethodsOriginal scientific articles or reviews published from the 22 Arab countries were screened using specific words pertaining to asthma and COPD using Scopus database and search engine. Research productivity was evaluated based on: (a) total and trends of contribution of each Arab country to asthma and COPD research and (b) journals in which researchers from Arab countries published their research.ResultsThe total number of original research and review articles published globally about bronchial asthma and COPD was 163,964. The leading country in bronchial asthma and COPD research was United States of America (38,632; 23.56%). Worldwide, Turkey ranked 19th while Israel and Iran ranked 25th and 29th respectively. Among Arab countries, Egypt and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came on positions 39th and 43rd, respectively. A total of 1,304 documents about bronchial asthma and COPD were published from Arab countries which represents 0.8% of the global research output. Research in bronchial asthma was almost double that in COPD. Research from Arab countries was low and showed a significant increase after 2000. Approximately 12% of research activity in asthma and COPD from Arab countries was published in Saudi Medical Journal, Annals of Saudi Medicine, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal and Tunisie Medicale. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a total publication of 353 (27.07%) ranked first among the Arab countries while University of Kuwait was the most productive institution with a total of 123 (9.43%) documents.ConclusionsThe present data showed relatively low research productivity about bronchial asthma and COPD in Arab countries. Research output can be improved by investing more in international and national collaborative research projects in the field of asthma and COPD.

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Assessing the scientific research productivity of a leading toxicology journal: A case study of Human & Experimental Toxicology from 2003 to 2012

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

A Scopus-based examination of tobacco use publications in Middle Eastern Arab countries during the period 2003–2012

A Scopus-based examination of tobacco use publications in Middle Eastern Arab countries during the period 2003–2012

Assessing urology and nephrology research activity in Arab countries using ISI web of science bibliometric database

Bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: research activity in Arab countries

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