Research impact and productivity of Benin according to the Science Citation Index Expanded (1973 to 2018)

Mónge-Nájera, Julían; Mêgnigbêto, Eustache; Ho, Yuh‐Shan

doi:10.15517/rbt.v68i3.40841

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“…While other studies of African science found that well-funded international megaprojects open the door to powerful journals with high citation rates in the Web of Science (Confraria & Godinho, 2015), there are few that analyze citation trends over time. Those that did, also found the two basic citation curves that we report here, some with a surge and quick fall, and some curves with a flatter shape (e.g., Monge-Nájera et al, 2020). This probably reflects fashionable subjects, in which there are bubbles of production that collapse when interest in those subjects suddenly falls, against the rest of subjects that have a relatively constant level of interest and output.…”

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“…This means that much relevant information, published in smaller journals and other languages, is missing in most scientometrics studies. On the one hand, the near lack of coverage of tropical science in the Web of Science before 1980, and the insufficient coverage after that period, have been reported before (e.g., Monge-Nájera et al, 2020) and Sudan is not an exception. On the other hand, a similar increase in the number of scientific papers from Africa in the 21 st. century has been reported before, and, interestingly, the African increase rate is faster than the world average (Confraria & Godinho, 2015).…”

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confidence: 97%

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Bibliometrics of Sudanese scientific publications: Subjects, institutions, collaboration, citation and recommendations

Elhassan

Mónge-Nájera²,

2022

Rev. Biol. Trop.

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Introduction: Sudan is the third largest country in Africa and has rich reserves of petroleum and other ground resources, but its per capita Gross Domestic Product is only $808 and researchers work in insufficient institutional facilities and with little funding. Previous studies about its scientific productivity have been limited to specific subjects and relatively short periods, with no large analyses until now. Objective: To analyze the scientific output of Sudan in depth, considering all research areas and several decades of scientific activity. Methods: We retrieved the documents with “Sudan” in field country in the Science Citation Index Expanded for the period 1900-2019. Results: We retrieved over 9 000 publications and found that most were articles; that citation was higher for review articles and book chapters, and that this index mostly covered articles in English. Beginning in 1972, the number of publications in this database has increased rapidly. The citation lifespan indicates slow growth in the Sudanese scientific literature, and collaboration is frequent both nationally and internationally, possibly because the scarce resources make collaboration almost compulsory. Most external collaboration is done with Saudi Arabia but citation is higher for articles resulting from international megaprojects, led by Europe and the USA, in which Sudanese researchers play secondary roles. Research focusses on applied technological subjects with little innovation value. Women play a smaller role in Sudanese science. Conclusions: Our recommendations for Sudanese science include increasing the number of women in leading research positions; providing funding directly to researchers (i.e., bypassing bureaucratic bodies); increasing basic research to avoid stagnation; training Sudanese researchers for leading positions; and identifying specific research areas where Sudan can lead in its region.

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Bibliometrics of Sudanese scientific publications: Subjects, institutions, collaboration, citation and recommendations

Elhassan

Mónge-Nájera²,

2022

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“…Similar results have been observed when the same analysis has been applied to other developing countries, such as Benin (Monge-Nájera et al, 2020), Brunei (Ho et al, 2018), Ecuador (Calahorrano et al, 2020), Honduras (Monge-Nájera & Ho, 2017a, El Salvador (Monge-Nájera & Ho, 2017b), Ghana (Boamah & Ho, 2018), Guatemala Nicaragua (Monge-Nájera &Ho, 2017c).…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Our results also show that publications from Sri Lanka had a higher CPP 2019 than countries with similar socio-economic status, such as Guatemala , Benin (Monge-Nájera et al, 2020), Ecuador (Calahorrano et al, 2020), Ghana (Boamah & Ho, 2018), El Salvador (Monge-Nájera & Ho, 2017b, and Brunei (Ho et al, 2018). Possible reasons include a larger presence of Sri Lanka in international megaprojects or more coverage of Asia, over Latin America, in this database (Smith et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 61%

Half a century of Sri Lanka research: Subjects, researchers, institutions, journals and impact (1973-2019)

Ranasinghe

Mónge-Nájera²,

Liyanage

et al. 2022

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Introduction: Bibliometric analyses of research in Sri Lanka, a lower-middle income island nation in South Asia, has focused mainly on medical research, concluding that there is a need for increased research productivity and impact, and for local solutions to health concerns. There has been no general bibliometric analysis across scientific disciplines in the nation, or any study that covers a long period of time to identify general time trends. Objective: To measure and analyse Sri Lankan research by focusing on subjects, authors, institutions, journals and citation for half a century. Methods: We used an advanced search method to extract publications with the word “Sri Lanka” in the SCI-EXPANDED, and calculated indicators such as total citations from Web of Science Core Collection since publication year to the end of 2019, citations in 2019, and mean citations per publication. Journal data were taken from 2019 Journal Citation Report. Affiliation re-classification was done to ensure consistency regarding the origin of all publications. Publications were further analysed based on collaboration, and first and corresponding authorship. Results: We retrieved 16 069 publications in 19 document types (77 % articles). Corrections had the highest number of authors per publication (616) followed by articles (116). Four articles had more than 5 000 authors and 593 articles had more than 1 000 authors. The highest citations in this database were for international megaprojects where Sri Lankan authors played minor roles. The UK had the most collaborative articles with Sri Lanka (19 %). The articles were published in 3 051 journals across 177 Web of Science categories. The category of Public, environmental and occupational health, with 193 journals, had 6.7 % of all articles, followed by environmental sciences (6.6 %). Conclusion: Sri Lanka has an unusually strong pattern of participating as small role players in international megaprojects about health and physics. Sri Lankan authors should be encouraged to expand their horizons by researching non-applied fields that are the basis of all innovation; to strengthen their own journals so that they have better visibility and impact, and to improve their positions in international projects that are published in larger journals.

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“…Affiliations from French Guiana were reclassified as being from France [31]. Affiliations from Bonaire and Neth Antilles (Netherlands Antilles) were reclassified as being from Netherlands [32]. Affiliations from Greenland were reclassified as being from Denmark [33].…”

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Publication Performance and Trends in Mangrove Forests: A Bibliometric Analysis

Mukul

2021

Sustainability

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Mangroves are one the most productive ecosystems on Earth, and they are geographically located in the tropics and sub-tropics. Notwithstanding their critical role in providing a large number of environmental services and benefits as well as livelihood provisions, mangrove forests are being lost globally at an alarming rate. At the same time, they are increasingly recognized as a cost-effective nature-based climate solution for their carbon sequestration and storage capacity. Despite their enormous importance to people’s lives and the ecosystem, no bibliometric study on this topic has been published to our knowledge. Here, we provide a bibliometric analysis of the research on mangroves with research trends, most influential research based on citation count, and the origins (country and institution) of major research. Using the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) database of the Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics), we identified 13,918 documents published between 1990 and 2019. Nevertheless, 12,955 articles met our final criteria and were analyzed in detail. Six publications and their citations per publication (CPP2019) were applied to evaluate the publication performance of countries and institutes. When considering the top ten Web of Science subject categories, articles published on the ecology of mangroves had the highest CPP2019 of 28. Environmental sciences have been the major category since 2013. The USA dominated the total articles and single-author articles. The USA was also the most frequent partner of international collaborative publications. China published the most single-country articles, first-author articles, and corresponding-author articles. However, articles by the USA and Australia had a higher CPP2019. Sun Yat Sen University in China was the most active university. The Australian Institute of Marine Science dominated all kinds of publications with the top CPP2019. Together with the USA, Australia, China, India, Brazil, and Japan ranked both the top six on total publications and total publications in 2019. Our bibliometric study provides useful visualization of the past and current landscape of research on mangroves and emerging fields, to facilitate future research collaboration and knowledge exchange.

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Research impact and productivity of Benin according to the Science Citation Index Expanded (1973 to 2018)

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Bibliometrics of Sudanese scientific publications: Subjects, institutions, collaboration, citation and recommendations

Bibliometrics of Sudanese scientific publications: Subjects, institutions, collaboration, citation and recommendations

Half a century of Sri Lanka research: Subjects, researchers, institutions, journals and impact (1973-2019)

Publication Performance and Trends in Mangrove Forests: A Bibliometric Analysis

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