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Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis
BACKGROUND: The Arab region comprises 22 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa, sharing cultural and linguistic ties. Arab countries have continued to lag in terms of biomedical research compared to other nations for several past decades. Cancer is a major public health concern, bein...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36385361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42506-022-00120-6 |
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author | Machaalani, Marc El Masri, Jad El Ayoubi, Lemir Majed Matar, Bassam |
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description | BACKGROUND: The Arab region comprises 22 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa, sharing cultural and linguistic ties. Arab countries have continued to lag in terms of biomedical research compared to other nations for several past decades. Cancer is a major public health concern, being the second leading cause of death globally. Given that high research activity on cancer reflects positively on screening programs, awareness, and clinical practice, this article aimed to examine the activity and trend of cancer research in the Arab world between 2005 and 2019. METHODS: Between 2005 and 2019, the number of cancer-related articles published by each Arab country, and regarding 27 different types, was assessed using the PubMed database. Numbers were normalized with respect to each country’s average population and average Gross Domestic Product (GDP). RESULTS: Arab countries contributed to 1.52% of total cancer publications. The number of cancer publications has steadily grown since 2005, with the last 7 years alone witnessing 75.69% of the total Arab cancer-related publications. In terms of publications per million persons, Qatar ranked first (393.74 per million persons), while in terms of publications per national GDP, Egypt ranked first (464.27 per billion US dollars). Breast, liver, and colorectal cancers had the highest numbers of all Arab cancer-related publications, while testicular, vulvar, and gallbladder cancers had the least. CONCLUSIONS: This paper pools information and insight for scientists, clinicians, funders, and decision-makers on the actualities and developments of cancer research in the Arab world. Addressing the barriers facing cancer research remains a cornerstone in the plan to improve the Arab world’s output and contribution to the field of oncology. |
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spelling | pubmed-96692542022-11-18 Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis Machaalani, Marc El Masri, Jad El Ayoubi, Lemir Majed Matar, Bassam J Egypt Public Health Assoc Research BACKGROUND: The Arab region comprises 22 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa, sharing cultural and linguistic ties. Arab countries have continued to lag in terms of biomedical research compared to other nations for several past decades. Cancer is a major public health concern, being the second leading cause of death globally. Given that high research activity on cancer reflects positively on screening programs, awareness, and clinical practice, this article aimed to examine the activity and trend of cancer research in the Arab world between 2005 and 2019. METHODS: Between 2005 and 2019, the number of cancer-related articles published by each Arab country, and regarding 27 different types, was assessed using the PubMed database. Numbers were normalized with respect to each country’s average population and average Gross Domestic Product (GDP). RESULTS: Arab countries contributed to 1.52% of total cancer publications. The number of cancer publications has steadily grown since 2005, with the last 7 years alone witnessing 75.69% of the total Arab cancer-related publications. In terms of publications per million persons, Qatar ranked first (393.74 per million persons), while in terms of publications per national GDP, Egypt ranked first (464.27 per billion US dollars). Breast, liver, and colorectal cancers had the highest numbers of all Arab cancer-related publications, while testicular, vulvar, and gallbladder cancers had the least. CONCLUSIONS: This paper pools information and insight for scientists, clinicians, funders, and decision-makers on the actualities and developments of cancer research in the Arab world. Addressing the barriers facing cancer research remains a cornerstone in the plan to improve the Arab world’s output and contribution to the field of oncology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9669254/ /pubmed/36385361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42506-022-00120-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Machaalani, Marc El Masri, Jad El Ayoubi, Lemir Majed Matar, Bassam Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis |
title | Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis |
title_full | Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis |
title_fullStr | Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis |
title_short | Cancer research activity in the Arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis |
title_sort | cancer research activity in the arab world: a 15-year bibliometric analysis |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36385361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42506-022-00120-6 |
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