ArticleMalawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi2008
An analysis of Malawi's publication productivity.
Article in Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Malaria research in Malawi from 1984 to 2016: a literature review and bibliometric analysis.Malaria journal · 2017Pooled it
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- Research productivity and main publishing institutions in Côte d'Ivoire, 2000-2016.Globalization and health · 2018Article
- Disparities in cardiovascular research output and citations from 52 African countries: a time-trend, bibliometric analysis (1999-2008).Journal of the American Heart Association · 2015Article
- National health research system in Malawi: dead, moribund, tepid or flourishing?BMC health services research · 2015Article
- Global research report on Africa.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2010Article
- Successes and challenges of Malawi's only medical school.Croatian medical journal · 2009Article
- Malawi's health publication productivity--a response and where do we go from here?Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundPublications productivity, the number of scientific articles published, is a measure of a country's scientific output. If measured carefully it can be a useful indicator that describes a countries' research activity. Our objective was to analyze trends in publications originating from Malawi between 1996-2006.
methodsThe MEDLINE/PubMed database, a registry of articles from over 5,000 scientific journals was searched for articles originating from Malawi between 1996-2006 by typing Malawi in the author affiliation search field. A review of abstracts was performed to determine health field and origin of first author - Malawian vs foreign.
results506 articles were retrieved of which 489 were on health. 15.5% on TB, 14.5% on HIV and AIDS, 11.2% on infectious disease, 7.2% on TB and HIV, 7.2% on Malaria. 20.9% of the authors were of Malawian origin and Tropical Doctor was the journal that had the most articles originating from Malawi. The number of articles published from Malawi has grown by 106% in the past ten years.
conclusionsOur results suggest there is growth in scientific publishing in Malawi but the main contribution is from foreign researchers residing in Malawi. More needs to be done to promote publishing by Malawian authors.
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