ReviewBMC health services research2019
Nursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries from 1950 to 2017.
Review in BMC health services research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Perceptions of Arab researchers regarding publishing scientific research: A cross-sectional study.Accountability in research · 2026Article
- Research progress and hotspot analysis of type B aortic dissection: a bibliometric analysis from 2004 to 2023.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Review
- The state of current research on COVID-19 and antibiotic use: global implications for antimicrobial resistance.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Articles on Midwifery Based on the Web of Science.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Mapping the landscape and structure of global research on binge eating disorder: Visualization and bibliometric analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Bibliometric analysis of publication activity in the field of familial Mediterranean fever in 2010-2019: a Scopus-based study.Rheumatology international · 2021Article
- Contribution of researchers in the Arab region to peer-reviewed literature on mental health and well-being of university students.International journal of mental health systems · 2021Article
- Global Research Output on Sleep Research in Athletes from 1966 to 2019: A Bibliometric Analysis.Clocks & sleep · 2020Review
- Research trends and scientific analysis of publications on burnout and compassion fatigue among healthcare providers.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2020Article
- Global scientific trends on aflatoxin research during 1998-2017: a bibliometric and visualized study.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2019Article
- Nursing Research in Arab Countries: Current Status, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities.SAGE open nursingArticle
- Nursing and Midwifery Student's Attitudes Toward Vital Signs Monitoring Using an Arabic Version of the V-Scale Instrument and Its Influencing Factors.SAGE open nursingArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundNursing and midwifery research activity is an important indicator of the quality of healthcare services and the status of nursing profession. The main aim of this study was to assess the research activity in nursing and midwifery field in Arab countries.
methodThe current study implemented bibliometric method using Scopus database. The search strategy used country affiliation or journal name or keywords as a strategy to retrieve the required documents. The study period was from 1950 to2017. Analysis included a presentation of bibliometric indicators and VOSviewer mapping of the retrieved data.
result2935 documents were retrieved making up less than 1% of global nursing and midwifery research output. Of the retrieved documents, 25% were published in high rank (first quartile = Q1) journals. The majority (56.7%) of the retrieved documents were published in the last five years of the study period. The retrieved documents received an average of 6.9 citations per document with an h-index of 47. The total number of authors who took part in publishing the retrieved documents was 10,572, giving an average of 3.6 authors per article. Jordan ranked first in research output. Researchers from Jordan took part in over than one third (1023; 34.9%) of the retrieved documents. Lebanon (35.5%) ranked first in the percentage of documents published in Q1 journals. The United Arab Emirates ranked first in the percentage (67.4%) of publications with international authors. The most active journal involved in publishing nursing research from Arab countries was Life Science Journal (158; 5.4%). The University of Jordan was the most productive institution while the American University of Beirut ranked first in the percentage (36.9%) of documents published in Q1 journals. Author keyword analysis and10 most cited articles showed that non-communicable diseases and nursing education were the focus of nursing research in Arab countries.
conclusionsNursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries has dramatically increased especially over the past five years. Despite this, nursing research is still in its infancy, lagging in quantity and quality compared to developed countries.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.