Bibliometric analysis of quantity and quality of Nigeria’s biomedical literature

Nwagwu, Williams

doi:10.32655/libres.2006.2.2

LIBRES

2006

DOI: 10.32655/libres.2006.2.2

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Bibliometric analysis of quantity and quality of Nigeria’s biomedical literature

Williams Nwagwu¹

Abstract: The empirical evidence on the biomedical literature of Nigeria was drawn from 295 journals in Medline through which papers on Nigeria were published during the period 1967-2002. We categorized the journals according to their subject heading and examined the potential impact factors of a sample of the journals based on Thomson's ISI Journal Citation Reports. Multidisciplinary journals and papers dominated the source types and were also more highly co-authored than the other subject headings; they also have the … Show more

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Journal impact factors and the crisis of scholarly communication in Africa

Ezema

2010

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to suggest ways of improving the quality of Nigerian journals so that they would have global visibility and impact. Design/methodology/approach -This is a literature-based opinion paper which examines the implication of evaluating Nigerian academics using journal impact factors, despite its limitations, particularly to African scholars. Findings -Revelations from available literature point to the fact that the use of journal impact factors is not an objective method of research evaluation, particularly in developing country like Nigeria. However, evaluation of research outputs remains critical in the overall socio-economic, scientific and technological growth of any society. The creation of institutional repositories that are compliant with open archives initiatives by the relevant institutions in Nigeria would to a very large extent address the problem of visibility of research outputs coming from the country. Practical implications -African scholars are disadvantaged by their work environment in the present global scholarly productivity. This paper proposes a number approaches to improve the quality and global visibility of Nigerian scholarly productivity so that journal impact factors should no longer be a parameter for research evaluation in the country. Originality/value -The originality of the paper lies in the strategies proposed for improving the quality of journals in Nigeria.

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Journal impact factors and the crisis of scholarly communication in Africa

Ezema

2010

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Ten years of biomedical research in West Africa (2005–14): A study of the ten most productive countries

Nwagwu¹

2016

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The objective of this research is to determine (i) the quantity and quality of publications in biomedical research in top-producing countries in West Africa during 2005-2014, as well as (ii) the characteristics of the journals used by the researchers and collaborative evidence in the area. Data was drawn from MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar, while the impact factors of the journals were retrieved from the SCImago Journal and Country Rank portal. Quantity of publications was measured by counting the number of publications attributable to a country while h-index was extracted to measure quality. Productivity was analysed by sorting the data according to their first named authors, journals and publication dates, and analysed using MS Excel and LOTKA

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Bibliometric analysis of quantity and quality of Nigeria’s biomedical literature

Cited by 2 publications

References 11 publications

Journal impact factors and the crisis of scholarly communication in Africa

Journal impact factors and the crisis of scholarly communication in Africa

Ten years of biomedical research in West Africa (2005–14): A study of the ten most productive countries

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