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ArticleBMJ open2018

Bibliometric analysis of gaps in research on asbestos-related diseases: declining emphasis on public health over 26 years.

Ro-Ting Lin, Matthew John Soeberg, Lung-Chang Chien, Scott Fisher, Jukka Takala, Richard Lemen, Tim Driscoll, Ken Takahashi

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Article in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Asbestos and Other Hazardous Fibrous Minerals: Potential Exposure Pathways and Associated Health Risks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  7. Burden of Mesothelioma Deaths by National Income Category: Current Status and Future Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ro-Ting LinDepartment of Occupational Safety and Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2687-203X
Matthew John SoebergAsbestos Diseases Research Institute, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia.
Lung-Chang ChienEpidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Nevada, School of Community Health Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Scott FisherNational Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Jukka TakalaInternational Commission on Occupational Health, Milano, Italy.
Richard LemenDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Canton, Georgia, USA.
Tim DriscollSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ken TakahashiAsbestos Diseases Research Institute, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe global burden of asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) is significant, and most of the world's population live in countries where asbestos use continues. We examined the gaps between ARD research and suggestions of WHO and the International Labour Organization on prevention.

methodsFrom the Web of Science, we collected data on all articles published during 1991-2016 and identified a subset of ARD-related articles. We classified articles into three research areas-laboratory, clinical and public health-and examined their time trends. For all and the top 11 countries publishing ARD-related articles, we calculated the proportions of all ARD-related articles that were in each of the three areas, the average rates of ARD-related articles over all articles, and the average annual per cent changes of rates.

resultsARD-related articles (n=14 284) accounted for 1.3‰ of all articles in 1991, but this had declined to 0.8‰ by 2016. Among the three research areas, the clinical area accounted for the largest proportion (65.0%), followed by laboratory (26.5%) and public health (24.9%). The public health area declined faster than the other areas, at -5.7% per year. Discrepancies were also observed among the top 11 countries regarding emphasis on public health research, with Finland and Italy having higher, and China and the Netherlands lower, emphases.

conclusionsThere is declining emphasis on the public health area in the ARD-related literature. Under the ongoing global situation of ARD, primary prevention will remain key for some time, warranting efforts to rectify the current trend in ARD-related research.

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AsbestosAsbestosisBibliometricsBiomedical ResearchChinaFinlandHumansItalyMesotheliomaNetherlandsPublic HealthAsbestosasbestosasbestos-related diseasespublic healthresearch governance

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PMID30049702
PMCPMC6067377

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