Pharmaceutical research in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A scientometric analysis during 2001–2010

Alhaider, Ibrahim A.; Ahmed, KK Mueen; Gupta, Brij Mohan

doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2013.07.008

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“…Bibliometric analysis of the publications and journals is being increasingly used to measure the quality and quantity of publications in a specific area, country, or region including the Arab world. 11 - 17 Before the introduction of the JIF, the quality of the journal was gauged arbitrarily, based on the parameters like how long it was established, reputation of that journal, the strictness of the peer review, and the acceptance rate. With the assignment of a numerical value to represent the quality of a journal, fierce competition among the journals has been witnessed.…”

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Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia

Rohra

Cahusac

2016

SMJ

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Objectives:To compare the journal impact factor (JIF) and Eigenfactor score (ES) of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-indexed biomedical journals published from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the last 8 years.Methods:This is a retrospective study, conducted at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA from January to March 2016. The Journal Citation Reports of ISI Web of Knowledge were accessed, and 6 Saudi biomedical journals were included for analysis.Results:All Saudi journals have improved their IF compared with their baseline. However, the performance of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Neurosciences has been exceptionally good. The biggest improvement in percent growth in JIF was seen in the Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal (approximately 887%) followed by Neurosciences (approximately 462%). Interestingly, the ES of all biomedical journals, except Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology and Saudi Medical Journal, increased over the years. The greatest growth in ES (more than 5 fold) was noted for Neurosciences and Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal.Conclusion:This study shows that the overall quality of all Saudi biomedical journals has improved in the last 8 years.

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“…This may be due to the fact that this journal is the official organ of the one of the most active scientific societies of KSA namely, Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, and many Saudi researchers in pharmaceutical sciences have opted to publish in this journal. 17 …”

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Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia

Rohra

Cahusac

2016

SMJ

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“…A few evaluative studies have been carried out in the past on contribution of impact of pharmacological research measured in terms of publications output on global scale 5,6 , regional level 7,8 , as well as on specific countries such as India 9 , China 10 , Saudi Arabia 11 and Spain. 12 The present study makes an extensive evalution of pharmacological research in India for last ten years (2003-12), using Scopus database…”

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Pharmocology Research in India: A Scientometric Analysis of Publications Output, 2003-12

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2014

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The study analyses the performance of Indian pharmacological research during the last ten years (2003-12) using publications data covered in Scopus database, based on several parameters including global publication share and rank of 15 most productive countries, India's publication growth rate and citations impact, its pattern of citations output,international collaboration profile, institutional profile, geographical distribution of output, contribution and impact of top institutions and authors, pattern of communications and characterstics of high cited papers.

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“…The studies can also help to establish a core list of publications and databases that can be used to support information provision [11], pharmaceutical care and pharmacy education [12]. Worldwide, there is a large number of published scientometric studies in pharmacy [3,11,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Such studies have determined the growth of literature, patents and citations in particular locations, author collaborative patterns, most prolific journals, institution and country-wise productivity, and major themes of research productivity.…”

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Online Visibility of Pharmacy Research in Tanzania: A Scientometric Study

Lwoga

Sangeda

Sife

2017

Int J Pharm Pharm Sci

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Objective: This scientometric analysis was carried out to map the online visibility of pharmacy research at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) from 1981 to 2016.Methods: Publish or Perish software was used to collect data for 33 scientists from the School of Pharmacy at MUHAS. We retrieved data on scholars' publications, citation counts, the number of authors per publication, average citations per paper, average citations per year, h-index, gindex, contemporary H-index (Hc index) and the HI-norm index.Results: A total of 499 publications were recorded for all scholars and the most (61; 12.2%) productive was 2013. The whole study period recorded the mean relative growth rate (RGR) and doubling time (Dt) of 1.62 and 0.46 respectively. A great majority (484; 97%) of the publications were multiple-authored with nearly one third (157; 31.5%) of these being jointly contributed by six or more authors. The maximum number of citations received in a single publication was 241. The degree of collaboration among scientists was as high as 0.97. The top ranked pharmacy researchers showed variation in various metrics. Conclusion:The study findings indicate a continuous growth of pharmacy publications at MUHAS since 1981. There is a high level of collaboration among scholars and many publications have made a great impact through citations.

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Pharmaceutical research in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A scientometric analysis during 2001–2010

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia

Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia

Pharmocology Research in India: A Scientometric Analysis of Publications Output, 2003-12

Online Visibility of Pharmacy Research in Tanzania: A Scientometric Study

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