Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine, 2002 – 2011

BMC Research Notes

Samah W Al-Jabi¹  Ayman Hussein¹  Adham Abu-Taha¹  Ansam F Sawalha¹  Sa’ed H Zyoud¹  Waleed M Sweileh¹ 

[1] College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

关键词: Palestine;    Medical and biomedical research;    Scopus;    Productivity;    Research;   

Others  :  1144864
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-6-41

 received in 2012-11-06, accepted in 2013-01-31,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Medical research productivity reflects the level of medical education and practice in a particular country. The objective of this study was to examine the quantity and quality of medical and biomedical research published from Palestine.

Findings

Comprehensive review of the literature indexed by Scopus was conducted. Data from Jan 01, 2002 till December 31, 2011 was searched for authors affiliated with Palestine or Palestinian authority. Results were refined to limit the search to medical and biomedical subjects. The quality of publication was assessed using Journal Citation Report. The total number of publications was 2207. A total of 770 publications were in the medical and biomedical subject areas. The annual rate of publication was 0.077 articles per gross domestic product/capita. The 770 publications have an h-index of 32. One hundred and thirty eight (18%) articles were published in 46 journals that were not indexed in the web of knowledge. Twenty two (22/770; 2.9%) articles were published in journals with an IF > 10.

Conclusions

The quantity and quality of research originating from Palestinian institutions is promising given the scarce resources of Palestine. However, more effort is needed to bridge the gap in medical research productivity and to promote better health in Palestine.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Sweileh et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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