Bibliometric Study and Mapping of Research Output and Collaborations on Tropical Medicine in Nigeria

Abubakar, Auwal Abdullahi, Sheikhshoaei, Fatemeh, Asadi, Saeid, Erfani, Yousef and Ghazimirsaeid, Seyed Javad Bibliometric Study and Mapping of Research Output and Collaborations on Tropical Medicine in Nigeria. Informology, 2023, vol. 2, n. 1, pp. 19-30. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Tropical medicine deals with endemic diseases, infections, and critical health issues in tropical countries. Research on tropical medicine is expected to have priority in those countries and therefore, it is necessary to monitor the relevant research. Therefore, this research aims to study the trends of research output on tropical medicine in Nigeria and map the country’s collaboration in this field. Based on the publications indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, a query was performed to find Nigeria’s research output on tropical medicine during 1983-2018. In total, 2,617 records were obtained and then analyzed to find the research growth and collaboration patterns in this period. Divided by document types, original articles are the most frequently published research output on tropical medicine. The trends of publication show high attention to tropical medicine between 2009 and 2013. Among different subcategories of tropical medicine, public environmental and occupational health is the most popular category for Nigerian authors (1,489 items). The analysis of collaboration patterns shows that articles with two authors have the highest number. The University of Ibadan is the most productive institute and most of the research has been financially supported by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The USA and the UK are the main international collaborators for Nigerian tropical medicine scientists. The findings of the present study revealed that public health, including environmental and occupational health, is the main category for Nigerian scientists who conducted the research on tropical medicine. This is in line with current health problems in African countries which are mostly related to public health issues.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Tropical medicine, Knowledge maps, Bibliometric study, Research output, Nigeria
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
Depositing user: Dr. Alireza Noruzi
Date deposited: 27 Jul 2023 05:02
Last modified: 27 Jul 2023 05:17
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/44592

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