Contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology: a bibliometric and comparative analysis

Waleed M. Sweileh · Samah W. Al‐Jabi · Yousef Shanti · Ansam F. Sawalha · Sa’ed H. Zyoud

34 citations0/0 files storedSpringerPlus

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

scientometrics and bibliometrics research Academic Writing and Publishing Psychology Research and Bibliometrics

Abstract

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.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 34 citations exist upstream.

References

2005The Impact of Research Collaboration on Scientific Productivity 2005Bibliometric Methods: Pitfalls and Possibilities 2008Research collaboration and productivity: is there correlation?2003The Rise of Early Modern Science 2009Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research: a comparative study 2014Substance use disorders in Arab countries: research activity and bibliometric analysis 2014Worldwide research productivity of paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoning 2014A bibliometric analysis of toxicology research productivity in Middle Eastern Arab countries during a 10-year period (2003–2012)

Cited by

2016Contribution of Arab countries to pharmaceutical wastewater literature: a bibliometric and comparative analysis of research output 2020Psoriasis: A bibliometric analysis in the Arab World (2004–2019)2021Contribution of Arab Countries to Familial Mediterranean Fever Research: a PubMed-based bibliometric analysis 2023Challenges facing Arab researchers in conducting and publishing scientific research: a qualitative interview study

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.