Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countries
Background: The alarming trends of obesity/overweight in youth have been interested policy makers and other stakeholders to exact follow and analysis of related scientific evidence. The present paper quantify the trends of outputs of youth obesity/overweight researches in Middle East countries. Mate...
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| author | Mehrdad Kazemzadeh Atoofi Mostafa Qorbani Hamid Asayesh Nazila Rezaei Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam Shirin Djalalinia |
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| description | Background: The alarming trends of obesity/overweight in youth have been interested policy makers and other stakeholders to exact follow and analysis of related scientific evidence. The present paper quantify the trends of outputs of youth obesity/overweight researches in Middle East countries. Materials and Methods: The Scopus database systematically searched as the most comprehensive multidisciplinary database, for all related obesity/overweight that focused on youth age groups concerns, from 2000 to 2017. These scientometrics analysis included the trends of scientific products, citations, and other scientometric index in Middle East countries. Results: During 2000–2017, in the field of youth obesity, 2350 papers published (0.40% of total 591,105 indexed paper of this region) by Middle East countries. In this regard, Iran with 574 publication (24.43%) had the first rank. After that Turkey and Saudi Arabia, respectively, with 489 (20.81%) and 313 (13.32%) papers, had the next ranks. Over 18-year period, based on the findings all of Eastern Mediterranean countries follow the progressive plans for topics related to youth obesity. Between them, Iran and Turkey have significant growth rates (0.77% and 0.40%, respectively). Scientometric indicators such as “number of published papers,” “number of citations” confirmed that during the 2000–2017 the P-trends of total number of related published papers and the correspond citations, in region countries, were significant (2168 papers and 34,132 citations, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Most of countries at global and regional levels follow ascending trends in publications and citations in obesity/overweight fields. Iran's position has grown significantly among them. Maintaining and promoting this position requires careful planning and special attention. The findings also could be used for better health policy and complementary researches. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6d3194682c24eeca32760bf845dd80c2022-12-21T21:25:58ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Research in Medical Sciences1735-19951735-71362021-01-01261545410.4103/jrms.JRMS_415_19Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countriesMehrdad Kazemzadeh AtoofiMostafa QorbaniHamid AsayeshNazila RezaeiSahar Saeedi MoghaddamShirin DjalaliniaBackground: The alarming trends of obesity/overweight in youth have been interested policy makers and other stakeholders to exact follow and analysis of related scientific evidence. The present paper quantify the trends of outputs of youth obesity/overweight researches in Middle East countries. Materials and Methods: The Scopus database systematically searched as the most comprehensive multidisciplinary database, for all related obesity/overweight that focused on youth age groups concerns, from 2000 to 2017. These scientometrics analysis included the trends of scientific products, citations, and other scientometric index in Middle East countries. Results: During 2000–2017, in the field of youth obesity, 2350 papers published (0.40% of total 591,105 indexed paper of this region) by Middle East countries. In this regard, Iran with 574 publication (24.43%) had the first rank. After that Turkey and Saudi Arabia, respectively, with 489 (20.81%) and 313 (13.32%) papers, had the next ranks. Over 18-year period, based on the findings all of Eastern Mediterranean countries follow the progressive plans for topics related to youth obesity. Between them, Iran and Turkey have significant growth rates (0.77% and 0.40%, respectively). Scientometric indicators such as “number of published papers,” “number of citations” confirmed that during the 2000–2017 the P-trends of total number of related published papers and the correspond citations, in region countries, were significant (2168 papers and 34,132 citations, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Most of countries at global and regional levels follow ascending trends in publications and citations in obesity/overweight fields. Iran's position has grown significantly among them. Maintaining and promoting this position requires careful planning and special attention. The findings also could be used for better health policy and complementary researches.http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2021;volume=26;issue=1;spage=54;epage=54;aulast=Atoofibody mass indexbody weightiranobesitymiddle eastscientometricsyouthyoung adult |
| spellingShingle | Mehrdad Kazemzadeh Atoofi Mostafa Qorbani Hamid Asayesh Nazila Rezaei Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam Shirin Djalalinia Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countries Journal of Research in Medical Sciences body mass index body weight iran obesity middle east scientometrics youth young adult |
| title | Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countries |
| title_full | Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countries |
| title_fullStr | Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countries |
| title_short | Obesity researches in youth: A scientometrics study in Middle East countries |
| title_sort | obesity researches in youth a scientometrics study in middle east countries |
| topic | body mass index body weight iran obesity middle east scientometrics youth young adult |
| url | http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2021;volume=26;issue=1;spage=54;epage=54;aulast=Atoofi |
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