Background: The objective of this study was to analyze quantity, assess quality, and investigate international collaboration in research from Arab countries in the field of public, environmental and occupational health. Methods: Original scientific articles and reviews published from the 22 Arab countries in the category " public, environmental & occupational health " during the study period (1900 – 2012) were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Results: The total number of original and review research articles published in the category of " public, environmental & occupational health " from Arab countries was 4673. Main area of research was tropical medicine (1862; 39.85%). Egypt with 1200 documents (25.86%) ranked first in quantity and ranked first in quality of publications (h-index = 51). The study identified 2036 (43.57%) documents with international collaboration. Arab countries actively collaborated with authors in Western Europe (22.91%) and North America (21.04%). Most of the documents (79.9%) were published in public health related journals while 21% of the documents were published in journals pertaining to prevention medicine, environmental, occupational health and epidemiology. Conclusion: Research in public, environmental and occupational health in Arab countries is in the rise. Public health research was dominant while environmental and occupation health research was relatively low. International collaboration was a good tool for increasing research quantity and quality.
Background: The objective of this study was to analyze quantity, assess quality, and investigate international collaboration in research from Arab countries in the field of public, environmental and occupational health. Methods: Original scientific articles and reviews published from the 22 Arab countries in the category " public, environmental & occupational health " during the study period (1900 – 2012) were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Results: The total number of original and review research articles published in the category of " public, environmental & occupational health " from Arab countries was 4673. Main area of research was tropical medicine (1862; 39.85%). Egypt with 1200 documents (25.86%) ranked first in quantity and ranked first in quality of publications (h-index = 51). The study identified 2036 (43.57%) documents with international collaboration. Arab countries actively collaborated with authors in Western Europe (22.91%) and North America (21.04%). Most of the documents (79.9%) were published in public health related journals while 21% of the documents were published in journals pertaining to prevention medicine, environmental, occupational health and epidemiology. Conclusion: Research in public, environmental and occupational health in Arab countries is in the rise. Public health research was dominant while environmental and occupation health research was relatively low. International collaboration was a good tool for increasing research quantity and quality.
Background: The objective of this study was to analyze quantity, assess quality, and investigate international collaboration in research from Arab countries in the field of public, environmental and occupational health. Methods: Original scientific articles and reviews published from the 22 Arab countries in the category " public, environmental & occupational health " during the study period (1900 – 2012) were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Results: The total number of original and review research articles published in the category of " public, environmental & occupational health " from Arab countries was 4673. Main area of research was tropical medicine (1862; 39.85%). Egypt with 1200 documents (25.86%) ranked first in quantity and ranked first in quality of publications (h-index = 51). The study identified 2036 (43.57%) documents with international collaboration. Arab countries actively collaborated with authors in Western Europe (22.91%) and North America (21.04%). Most of the documents (79.9%) were published in public health related journals while 21% of the documents were published in journals pertaining to prevention medicine, environmental, occupational health and epidemiology. Conclusion: Research in public, environmental and occupational health in Arab countries is in the rise. Public health research was dominant while environmental and occupation health research was relatively low. International collaboration was a good tool for increasing research quantity and quality.
Background: The objective of this study was to analyze quantity, assess quality, and investigate international collaboration in research from Arab countries in the field of public, environmental and occupational health. Methods: Original scientific articles and reviews published from the 22 Arab countries in the category " public, environmental & occupational health " during the study period (1900 – 2012) were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Results: The total number of original and review research articles published in the category of " public, environmental & occupational health " from Arab countries was 4673. Main area of research was tropical medicine (1862; 39.85%). Egypt with 1200 documents (25.86%) ranked first in quantity and ranked first in quality of publications (h-index = 51). The study identified 2036 (43.57%) documents with international collaboration. Arab countries actively collaborated with authors in Western Europe (22.91%) and North America (21.04%). Most of the documents (79.9%) were published in public health related journals while 21% of the documents were published in journals pertaining to prevention medicine, environmental, occupational health and epidemiology. Conclusion: Research in public, environmental and occupational health in Arab countries is in the rise. Public health research was dominant while environmental and occupation health research was relatively low. International collaboration was a good tool for increasing research quantity and quality.
steoporosis is an important health problem with serious consequences. Evaluation of osteoporosis scientific output from Arab countries has not been explored and there are few internationally published reports on research activity about osteoporosis. The main objectives of this study were to analyze the research output originating from Arab countries and 3 Middle Eastern non-Arab countries, particularly Israel, Turkey and Iran in the field of osteoporosis. Original scientific articles or reviews published from the 21 Arab countries, Israel, Turkey and Iran about "osteoporosis" were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. The time frame for the result was up to year 2012. The total number of original and review research articles published globally about osteoporosis was 43,571. The leading country in osteoporosis research was United States of America (14,734; 33.82%). Worldwide, Turkey ranked 16th while Israel and Iran ranked 24th and 31st respectively. Among Arab countries, Egypt and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came on positions 41 and 45 respectively. A total of 426 documents about "osteoporosis" were published from Arab countries which represents 0.98% of the global research output. Research about osteoporosis from Arab countries was very low until 2002 and then increased steadily. The total number of citations for osteoporosis documents from the Arab world was 5551 with an average citation of 13.03 per document and an h- index of 35. Thirty (7.04%) documents published from Arab countries about osteoporosis were published in Saudi Medical Journal. Egypt, with a total publication of 117 (27.47%) ranked first among the Arab countries in research about osteoporosis while American University in Beirut was the most productive institution with a total of 47 (11.03%) documents. Compared with other non-Arab countries in the Middle East, the research productivity from the Arab countries was lesser than that from Turkey and Israel but higher than that from Iran. The present data showed low research productivity in osteoporosis field in Arab countries. Research output can be improved by investing in more international and national collaborative research projects in the field of osteoporosis.
steoporosis is an important health problem with serious consequences. Evaluation of osteoporosis scientific output from Arab countries has not been explored and there are few internationally published reports on research activity about osteoporosis. The main objectives of this study were to analyze the research output originating from Arab countries and 3 Middle Eastern non-Arab countries, particularly Israel, Turkey and Iran in the field of osteoporosis. Original scientific articles or reviews published from the 21 Arab countries, Israel, Turkey and Iran about "osteoporosis" were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. The time frame for the result was up to year 2012. The total number of original and review research articles published globally about osteoporosis was 43,571. The leading country in osteoporosis research was United States of America (14,734; 33.82%). Worldwide, Turkey ranked 16th while Israel and Iran ranked 24th and 31st respectively. Among Arab countries, Egypt and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came on positions 41 and 45 respectively. A total of 426 documents about "osteoporosis" were published from Arab countries which represents 0.98% of the global research output. Research about osteoporosis from Arab countries was very low until 2002 and then increased steadily. The total number of citations for osteoporosis documents from the Arab world was 5551 with an average citation of 13.03 per document and an h- index of 35. Thirty (7.04%) documents published from Arab countries about osteoporosis were published in Saudi Medical Journal. Egypt, with a total publication of 117 (27.47%) ranked first among the Arab countries in research about osteoporosis while American University in Beirut was the most productive institution with a total of 47 (11.03%) documents. Compared with other non-Arab countries in the Middle East, the research productivity from the Arab countries was lesser than that from Turkey and Israel but higher than that from Iran. The present data showed low research productivity in osteoporosis field in Arab countries. Research output can be improved by investing in more international and national collaborative research projects in the field of osteoporosis.
steoporosis is an important health problem with serious consequences. Evaluation of osteoporosis scientific output from Arab countries has not been explored and there are few internationally published reports on research activity about osteoporosis. The main objectives of this study were to analyze the research output originating from Arab countries and 3 Middle Eastern non-Arab countries, particularly Israel, Turkey and Iran in the field of osteoporosis. Original scientific articles or reviews published from the 21 Arab countries, Israel, Turkey and Iran about "osteoporosis" were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. The time frame for the result was up to year 2012. The total number of original and review research articles published globally about osteoporosis was 43,571. The leading country in osteoporosis research was United States of America (14,734; 33.82%). Worldwide, Turkey ranked 16th while Israel and Iran ranked 24th and 31st respectively. Among Arab countries, Egypt and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came on positions 41 and 45 respectively. A total of 426 documents about "osteoporosis" were published from Arab countries which represents 0.98% of the global research output. Research about osteoporosis from Arab countries was very low until 2002 and then increased steadily. The total number of citations for osteoporosis documents from the Arab world was 5551 with an average citation of 13.03 per document and an h- index of 35. Thirty (7.04%) documents published from Arab countries about osteoporosis were published in Saudi Medical Journal. Egypt, with a total publication of 117 (27.47%) ranked first among the Arab countries in research about osteoporosis while American University in Beirut was the most productive institution with a total of 47 (11.03%) documents. Compared with other non-Arab countries in the Middle East, the research productivity from the Arab countries was lesser than that from Turkey and Israel but higher than that from Iran. The present data showed low research productivity in osteoporosis field in Arab countries. Research output can be improved by investing in more international and national collaborative research projects in the field of osteoporosis.
Methods Original
scientific articles or reviews published by Arab countries about obesity up
until 2011 were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Research
activity was assessed by analyzing the annual research productivity, journals
names, citations, top 10 active institutions, and the contribution of each Arab
country to obesity research.
Results The
total number of original and review research articles published globally about
obesity was 110,167. The leading country in obesity research was United States
of America (42.47%). Turkey, Israel, and Iran were in the top 30 countries
while Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Egypt, and Kuwait ranked 39th,
43rd, and 47th, respectively. A total of 1,121 documents
about “obesity” were published by Arab countries, representing 1.0% of the
global research output, with 13,343 citations (average citation of 11.9 per
document) and an h-index of 44. The Arab countries’ research output was
very low until the mid-1990s and then increased steadily. Of the 1,121
documents, 107 (9.55%) were published in the Saudi Medical Journal. KSA,
with a total of 318 publications ranked first among Arab countries in research
quantity while Kuwait ranked first after adjustment based on population size.
King Saud University in KSA was the most productive institution with a total of
140 documents. Compared with other non-Arab Middle Eastern countries, the
research productivity from Arab countries was lower than that from Turkey,
higher than that from Iran, and close to that from Israel. However, the h-index
of documents about obesity published from Arab countries was lower than that of
Turkey and Israel, but slightly higher than that from Iran.
Conclusions The present data reveals a good contribution by some Arab countries, particularly Arab gulf countries, to obesity research. More efforts are needed by other Arab countries to bridge the gap in this topic and to improve the quality of obesity-related research originating from Arab countries.
Obesity is a serious worldwide medical condition, considered by some researchers as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. The main objective of this study was to assess the quantity and quality of obesity-related research from Arab countries and compare it with that from non-Arab Middle Eastern countries.
Methods Original scientific articles or reviews published by Arab countries about obesity up until 2011 were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Research activity was assessed by analyzing the annual research productivity, journals names, citations, top 10 active institutions, and the contribution of each Arab country to obesity research
Results The
total number of original and review research articles published globally about
obesity was 110,167. The leading country in obesity research was United States
of America (42.47%). Turkey, Israel, and Iran were in the top 30 countries
while Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Egypt, and Kuwait ranked 39th,
43rd, and 47th, respectively. A total of 1,121 documents
about “obesity” were published by Arab countries, representing 1.0% of the
global research output, with 13,343 citations (average citation of 11.9 per
document) and an h-index of 44. The Arab countries’ research output was
very low until the mid-1990s and then increased steadily. Of the 1,121
documents, 107 (9.55%) were published in the Saudi Medical Journal. KSA,
with a total of 318 publications ranked first among Arab countries in research
quantity while Kuwait ranked first after adjustment based on population size.
King Saud University in KSA was the most productive institution with a total of
140 documents. Compared with other non-Arab Middle Eastern countries, the
research productivity from Arab countries was lower than that from Turkey,
higher than that from Iran, and close to that from Israel. However, the h-index
of documents about obesity published from Arab countries was lower than that of
Turkey and Israel, but slightly higher than that from Iran.
Conclusions The present data reveals a
good contribution by some Arab countries, particularly Arab gulf countries, to
obesity research. More efforts are needed by other Arab countries to bridge the
gap in this topic and to improve the quality of obesity-related research
originating from Arab countries.
Background Obesity is a serious worldwide
medical condition, considered by some researchers as one of the most serious
public health problems of the 21st century. The main objective of
this study was to assess the quantity and quality of obesity-related research
from Arab countries and compare it with that from non-Arab Middle Eastern
countries.
Methods Original
scientific articles or reviews published by Arab countries about obesity up
until 2011 were screened using the ISI Web of Science database. Research
activity was assessed by analyzing the annual research productivity, journals
names, citations, top 10 active institutions, and the contribution of each Arab
country to obesity research.
Results The
total number of original and review research articles published globally about
obesity was 110,167. The leading country in obesity research was United States
of America (42.47%). Turkey, Israel, and Iran were in the top 30 countries
while Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Egypt, and Kuwait ranked 39th,
43rd, and 47th, respectively. A total of 1,121 documents
about “obesity” were published by Arab countries, representing 1.0% of the
global research output, with 13,343 citations (average citation of 11.9 per
document) and an h-index of 44. The Arab countries’ research output was
very low until the mid-1990s and then increased steadily. Of the 1,121
documents, 107 (9.55%) were published in the Saudi Medical Journal. KSA,
with a total of 318 publications ranked first among Arab countries in research
quantity while Kuwait ranked first after adjustment based on population size.
King Saud University in KSA was the most productive institution with a total of
140 documents. Compared with other non-Arab Middle Eastern countries, the
research productivity from Arab countries was lower than that from Turkey,
higher than that from Iran, and close to that from Israel. However, the h-index
of documents about obesity published from Arab countries was lower than that of
Turkey and Israel, but slightly higher than that from Iran.
Conclusions The present data reveals a
good contribution by some Arab countries, particularly Arab gulf countries, to
obesity research. More efforts are needed by other Arab countries to bridge the
gap in this topic and to improve the quality of obesity-related research
originating from Arab countries.