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Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis
Through history, Arabs and Muslims have made valuable contribution to medicine and science. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology using bibliometric indicators. Published articles in “Ophthalmology” authored by Arab researchers were scre...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25674499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-0806-0 |
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author | Sweileh, Waleed M Al-Jabi, Samah W Shanti, Yousef I Sawalha, Ansam F Zyoud, Sa’ed H |
author_facet | Sweileh, Waleed M Al-Jabi, Samah W Shanti, Yousef I Sawalha, Ansam F Zyoud, Sa’ed H |
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description | Through history, Arabs and Muslims have made valuable contribution to medicine and science. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology using bibliometric indicators. Published articles in “Ophthalmology” authored by Arab researchers were screened and analyzed using ISI Web of Science database. Worldwide research productivity in ophthalmology was 216,921 documents while that from Arab countries; Israel, Turkey and Iran were 2083, 2932, 3027 and 859 documents respectively. Those from Arab countries were published in 85 peer-reviewed ophthalmology related journals with 280 (13.44%) documents published in Journal Francais d Ophtalmologie. Among Arab countries, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had the highest (828 (39.75%)) research output followed by Egypt (461 (22.13%)) and Tunisia 210 (10.08). Countries with highest collaboration with researchers in Arab world in ophthalmology research were USA; (397; 19.06%) followed by England (92; 4.42%) and Spain (91; 4.37%). The most research productive organization in Arab countries was King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital (396; 19.01%). Ophthalmology articles authored or co-authored by an Arab researcher had a total citation f 21098 with an average citation of 10.13 per document and an h-index of 51. In conclusion, the present data show promising increase but relatively low ophthalmology research productivity from Arab countries. Wide variation in research productivity do exists. Compared with other non-Arab countries in the Middle East, Arab countries showed lesser ophthalmology research activity than Israel and Turkey but higher than that in Iran. |
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spelling | pubmed-43188292015-02-11 Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis Sweileh, Waleed M Al-Jabi, Samah W Shanti, Yousef I Sawalha, Ansam F Zyoud, Sa’ed H Springerplus Research Through history, Arabs and Muslims have made valuable contribution to medicine and science. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology using bibliometric indicators. Published articles in “Ophthalmology” authored by Arab researchers were screened and analyzed using ISI Web of Science database. Worldwide research productivity in ophthalmology was 216,921 documents while that from Arab countries; Israel, Turkey and Iran were 2083, 2932, 3027 and 859 documents respectively. Those from Arab countries were published in 85 peer-reviewed ophthalmology related journals with 280 (13.44%) documents published in Journal Francais d Ophtalmologie. Among Arab countries, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had the highest (828 (39.75%)) research output followed by Egypt (461 (22.13%)) and Tunisia 210 (10.08). Countries with highest collaboration with researchers in Arab world in ophthalmology research were USA; (397; 19.06%) followed by England (92; 4.42%) and Spain (91; 4.37%). The most research productive organization in Arab countries was King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital (396; 19.01%). Ophthalmology articles authored or co-authored by an Arab researcher had a total citation f 21098 with an average citation of 10.13 per document and an h-index of 51. In conclusion, the present data show promising increase but relatively low ophthalmology research productivity from Arab countries. Wide variation in research productivity do exists. Compared with other non-Arab countries in the Middle East, Arab countries showed lesser ophthalmology research activity than Israel and Turkey but higher than that in Iran. Springer International Publishing 2015-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4318829/ /pubmed/25674499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-0806-0 Text en © Sweileh et al.; licensee Springer. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Sweileh, Waleed M Al-Jabi, Samah W Shanti, Yousef I Sawalha, Ansam F Zyoud, Sa’ed H Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis |
title | Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis |
title_full | Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis |
title_fullStr | Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis |
title_short | Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis |
title_sort | contribution of arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25674499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-0806-0 |
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