ArticleHeliyon2022
Research performance of the GCC countries: A comparative analysis of quantity and quality.
Article in Heliyon, 2022. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The use of the extended reality technologies in simulation-based health professions education: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Family Medicine in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Perspectives, Directions, and Future Opportunities; A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Comparing Sociodemographic, Health Status and Resources, Macroeconomic Status, and Environmental Factors on Infant Mortality Rates in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman: Longitudinal Time-Series Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Growth in representation of Saudi scientists among Stanford's top 2 percent most-cited (2019-2023).Frontiers in research metrics and analytics · 2025Article
- Orthopedic research productivity of KSA: First bibliometric analysis.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- Analyzing Cardiovascular Disease Research in the Arab Region: A Bibliometric Review From 2012 to 2022.International journal of vascular medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Given the increased focus on scientific research in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, it is important to have a thorough bibliometric study about their research productivity and its progress over a long period of time. Using the world's largest bibliometric database (Scival/Scopus), we analyzed the research output of the GCC countries, from 1996 to 2020, in various disciplines. We considered raw metrics of quantity (number of articles) and quality (citations, citations/article, and Field-Weighted Citation Impact -FWCI), and then normalized them to population size, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD), and number of researchers. Over the past 25 years, the GCC countries have witnessed an increase in research productivity, with Saudi Arabia having the highest research output (
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