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A bibliometric analysis of the 100 top-cited articles on global malnutrition indexed in Web of Science

Taha Hussein Musa · Tosin Yinka Akintunde · Ghislaine Gatasi · Upama Ghimire · Joseph Kawuki · Hassan Hussein Musa

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Background: This study explored top 100 most-cited articles on global malnutrition. It presents advancement of malnutrition research effort globally. Methods: A comprehensive Web of Science database search was performed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) with search terms “title Malnutrition*” OR “undernutrition*” OR “Nutrition Deficiency*” OR “Nutrition disorders*” OR “malnourishment”. The result was analyzed using SPSS, HistCite, Bibliometrix, and VOSviewer. Results: The top 100 most-cited malnutrition articles were published between 1940 and 2019. The number of citations ranges from 235 to 2,890, with a median of 342.5, and the interquartile range (IQR) was 195.5. The United States was the most contributing country, World Health Organization (WHO) has more publications on malnutrition than any other institution, and Lancet was the most productive journal. Robert E Black from Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health with an h-index of 5 and Mercedes de Onis from the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, WHO with an h-index of 5 were the most prolific authors in the list. The study revealed a significant correlation between the total number of citations and the journal h-index (r=0.7573, P<0.0001), the number of years since publication (r=0.7881, P<0.0001), the number of countries (r=0.8982, P<0.0001), and the number of authors (r=0.4601, P<0.0001), and institutions (r=0.5948, P<0.0001) involved in the publication. Conclusions: This study provides insight into the historical advancements reflected by the top-cited studies on malnutrition, the leading countries, journals, institutions, and authors, and frequently occurring keywords. It provides insight for readers and health policy-makers in evaluating malnutrition research output.

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