ReviewNeurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)2017
Publications pattern of clinical epilepsy research in Saudi Arabia.
Review in Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Oncology research in Saudi Arabia over a 10-year period. A synopsis.Saudi medical journal · 2020Pooled it
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- Short-term effectiveness and side effects of ketogenic diet for drug-resistant epilepsy in children with genetic epilepsy syndromes.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
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- Comment on: Oncology research in Saudi Arabia over a 10-year period. A synopsis.Saudi medical journal · 2020Article
- Bibliometric analysis of Neurosciences research productivity in Saudi Arabia from 2013-2018.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the progress in the field clinical epilepsy in Saudi Arabia, by analyzing in depth the research output productivity and publication pattern, and to identify the current situation of epilepsy research and offer solutions.
methodsLiterature search strategy was designed to retrieve accessible articles that are related to epilepsy utilizing PubMed, Google Scholar, and Embase. The retrieved articles were analyzed with several parameters, then evaluated using Oxford Center of Evidence Based Medicine level of evidence scale.
resultsOf all identified articles, 90 were conducted in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and therefore were included. The included articles had a frequency of only 3.5 publications per year, and growth of 24.4% between the periods of 1990-2003 and 2004-2016. Only 13.3% of the articles were related to surgical epilepsy but the majority (86.7%) were related to medical epilepsy. Many articles (53.3%) were level III studies. The most common study design was retrospective studies in 35.6%, and the citations number ranged from 1-289 (Mean=7).
conclusionPattern of publications in clinical epilepsy researches revealed a slow growth rate in the frequency and a lower significance in the quality throughout the past 26 years. Active institutional and national promotion of clinical research is needed to help assess and therefore improve the quality of the provided epilepsy services.
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