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ArticleMultidisciplinary respiratory medicine2016

Bibliometric analysis of worldwide publications on multi-, extensively, and totally drug - resistant tuberculosis (2006-2015).

Waleed M Sweileh, Adham S AbuTaha, Ansam F Sawalha, Suleiman Al-Khalil, Samah W Al-Jabi, Sa'ed H Zyoud

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Article in Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Waleed M SweilehDepartment of Pharmacology/ Toxicology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Adham S AbuTahaDepartment of Pharmacology/ Toxicology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Ansam F SawalhaDepartment of Pharmacology/ Toxicology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Suleiman Al-KhalilDepartment of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Samah W Al-JabiDepartment of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Sa'ed H ZyoudDepartment of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
An-Najah National University · PS

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe year 2015 marked the end of United Nations Millennium Development Goals which was aimed at halting and reversing worldwide tuberculosis (TB). The emergence of drug resistance is a major challenge for worldwide TB control. The aim of this study was to give a bibliometric overview of publications on multi-, extensively, and totally drug-resistant TB.

methodsScopus database was used to retrieve articles on multidrug resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR), and totally drug-resistant (TDR) tuberculosis for the study period (2006-2015). The number of publications, top productive countries and institutions, citation analysis, co-authorships, international collaboration, active authors, and active journals were retrieved and analyzed.

resultsA total of 2260 journal articles were retrieved. The mean ± SD citations per article was 7.04 ± 16.0. The

conclusionPublications on MDR, XDR and TDR - TB are increasing in the past decade. International collaboration was common. Many low resourced African and Asian countries will benefit from research leading to new diagnostic and screening technology of TB. The exchange of expertise, ideas and technology is of paramount importance in this field.

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BibliometricsDrug ResistanceTuberculosis

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PMID28096979
PMCPMC5225617
OpenAlexW2566151654

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