Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017
The purpose of this study was to analyze the published research on health sciences carried out by researchers in Saudi Arabia in the last decade by assessing bibliometric output. Data for 2008 to 2017 was retrieved from Scopus. During this period, there was significant growth, from 1332 publications...
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| author | Ikram Ul Haq Shafiq Ur Rehman Hanan M. Al-Kadri Rai Khalid Farooq |
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| description | The purpose of this study was to analyze the published research on health sciences carried out by researchers in Saudi Arabia in the last decade by assessing bibliometric output. Data for 2008 to 2017 was retrieved from Scopus. During this period, there was significant growth, from 1332 publications in 2008 to 5529 in 2017, with an average annual growth rate of 14.1%. King Saud University was the most productive institution. Most of the published research was done in collaboration with Egypt. The subject area of medicine was predominant with the main publication source being the Saudi Medical Journal, Life Science Journal, the Acta Zhengzhou University Oversea Version, and the Annals of Saudi Medicine, primarily in the form of original research articles. The growing trend in publications is a sign of the increasing quality of education and more research and development activities, which are made possible by a sufficient budget allocation to these activities during the last decade. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ebce45bf30a04d72b9190f8eb2d08d882022-12-22T03:38:55ZengKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research CentreAnnals of Saudi Medicine0256-49470975-44662020-03-0140214715410.5144/0256-4947.2020.14710.5144_0256-4947.2020.147Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017Ikram Ul Haq0Shafiq Ur Rehman1Hanan M. Al-Kadri2Rai Khalid Farooq3From the College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFrom the Deanship of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaFrom the Assistant Vice President Educational Affairs at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFrom the Department of Neuroscience Research, Institute of Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaThe purpose of this study was to analyze the published research on health sciences carried out by researchers in Saudi Arabia in the last decade by assessing bibliometric output. Data for 2008 to 2017 was retrieved from Scopus. During this period, there was significant growth, from 1332 publications in 2008 to 5529 in 2017, with an average annual growth rate of 14.1%. King Saud University was the most productive institution. Most of the published research was done in collaboration with Egypt. The subject area of medicine was predominant with the main publication source being the Saudi Medical Journal, Life Science Journal, the Acta Zhengzhou University Oversea Version, and the Annals of Saudi Medicine, primarily in the form of original research articles. The growing trend in publications is a sign of the increasing quality of education and more research and development activities, which are made possible by a sufficient budget allocation to these activities during the last decade.https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.147 |
| spellingShingle | Ikram Ul Haq Shafiq Ur Rehman Hanan M. Al-Kadri Rai Khalid Farooq Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017 Annals of Saudi Medicine |
| title | Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017 |
| title_full | Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017 |
| title_fullStr | Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017 |
| title_short | Research Productivity in the Health Sciences in Saudi Arabia: 2008-2017 |
| title_sort | research productivity in the health sciences in saudi arabia 2008 2017 |
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