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ArticleSaudi journal of anaesthesia

Representation of South Asian countries in five high-impact anesthesia journals.

Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, Karima Karam, Fauzia Anis Khan

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Article in Saudi journal of anaesthesia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammad Irfan AkhtarDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Karima KaramDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Fauzia Anis KhanDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextThe South Asian region is comprised of eight countries, i.e., Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and Maldives. There is dearth of literature documenting anesthesia research in this region.

aimThe aim of this audit was to look at research productivity in the region by examining the volume and the type of anesthesia publication in five high-index anesthesia journals. SETTINGS AND

designThe study design was a survey of literature in the top five high-impact anesthesiology journals carried out at a tertiary care hospital. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe journal citation report 2016 was accessed to identify the top five anesthesia journals based on their impact factor. We identified articles published in these journals between January 2000 and December 2015. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Microsoft Excel 2003 worksheet was used for data collection from extracted articles.

resultsThe highest number of publications came from India (

conclusionWe found that scientific contributions from the South Asian region in terms of original anesthesiology research in five high index anesthesiology journals was suboptimal and has not shown an increasing trend over the last 16 years.

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Anesthesiology journalshigh impactresearchSouth Asian countries

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PMID30100834
PMCPMC6044152
OpenAlexW2810933043

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