PubMed Medical publications from Libya

Bakoush, Omran; Al-Tubuly, Abdulhamid; Ashammakhi, Nureddin; Elkhammas, Elmahdi A

doi:10.3402/ljm.v2i3.4711

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“…8 Libya ranked lower than Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen in total number of PubMed publications between 2002 and 2006. 9 The same result was found when the data were normalized to gross domestic product (GDP). 9 Shaban and Abu-Zidan studied the medical publications from 20 Arab countries.…”

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A negative trend of biomedical research in Libya: a bibliometric study

Benamer

Bredan

Bakoush

2009

Health Info Libraries J

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Background: It is well established that Libya is lagging behind its peers in biomedical research. The aim of this study is to analyse all the original biomedical publications affiliated with Libya from 1973 to 2007. Methods: PubMed and the Science Citation Index Expanded were searched for 'original research' biomedical studies affiliated with Libya. The generated data were hand searched and 329 'original research' studies were included in the analysis. Results: The first study was published in 1973. Publication rate peaked to an average of 15.2 studies per year during 1986-1996 and dropped to an average of 8.8 studies per year during 1997-2007. Of 166 first authors; 41% were Libyans and 59% were expatriates. The latter contributed 104 studies between 1986 and 1996 and 36 studies between 1997 and 2007, while the Libyans contributed 63 and 61 studies in the two respective periods. Authors affiliated with Benghazi produced 67% of the published studies, while authors from Tripoli produced 30% and other medical schools, hospitals and research centres from other Libyan cities produced only 3%. Conclusion: This study showed a decline in biomedical research publication in Libya. We propose that the lack of a research culture among the Libyan medical professionals is one of the factors contributing to this decline, which coincided with the departure of expatriate doctors from Libya. Raising awareness of the importance of research and improving research skills among Libyan medical professionals may help to reverse the current trend.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

“…9 The same result was found when the data were normalized to gross domestic product (GDP). 9 Shaban and Abu-Zidan studied the medical publications from 20 Arab countries. Libya ranked 12th in the average annual publication rate, 10th when the data were normalized to the population and 15th when normalized to GDP.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

A negative trend of biomedical research in Libya: a bibliometric study

Benamer

Bredan

Bakoush

2009

Health Info Libraries J

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“…It is worth noting that the scientific production of the MENA is low in general, and that of Libya is extremely low (14–16). Several nations conduct regular cross-sectional studies on representative samples of their population to assess the health needs of their respective populations.…”

Section: Oral Health Research and Publications – The Recent Presentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Oral health in Libya: addressing the future challenges

Peeran

Altaher

Peeran

et al. 2014

Libyan Journal of Medicine

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Libya is a vast country situated in North Africa, having a relatively better functioning economy with a scanty population. This article is the first known attempt to review the current state of oral health care in Libya and to explore the present trends and future challenges. Libyan health system, oral health care, and human resources with the present status of dental education are reviewed comprehensively. A bibliographic study of oral health research and publications has been carried out. The results point toward a common indicator that oral health–related research is low. Strategies have to be developed to educate the medical and dental professionals, to update the current curriculum and enable the system to be competent in all aspects of oral health care management.

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“…Access to the contents of African journals is provided in part by the international bibliographic databases: African Index Medicus (AIM), EMBASE, MEDLINE/Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science (Gaillard, 1992) A number of bibliometric studies have examined scientific publications in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole (Arvantis et al, 2000;Hassan, 2001;Uthman et al, 2007;Tijssen, 2007;Hofman et al, 2009) and specific African countries including Malawi (Gondwe et al, 2008), Libya (Bakoush et al, 2007) and Egypt (Afifi, 2007). The results of these studies showed that scientific research in Africa is going through a crisis and that national scientific communities in these countries are struggling to sustain their activities.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%