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Bakoush, Omran LU ; Al-Tubuly, A A ; Ashammakhi, N and Elkhammas, E A (2007) In Libyan Journal of Medicine 2(3). p.7-070625
Abstract
Medical research and publications are the back-bone for advancing the medical field. We identified the PubMed medical publications that are affiliated with Libya to shed some light on the contribution of this country’s medical community to the PubMed database. All publications affiliated with Libya in the PubMed were counted over a five year period ending December 2006. We also used the same method to obtain data on the PubMed medical publications from Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen. Tunisia had the largest number of PubMed publications among the studied countries: 20.4 publications per million population per year and 7.2 publications per year per one billion US$ GDP. Libya had much fewer publications: 2.4 publications per million population... (More)
Medical research and publications are the back-bone for advancing the medical field. We identified the PubMed medical publications that are affiliated with Libya to shed some light on the contribution of this country’s medical community to the PubMed database. All publications affiliated with Libya in the PubMed were counted over a five year period ending December 2006. We also used the same method to obtain data on the PubMed medical publications from Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen. Tunisia had the largest number of PubMed publications among the studied countries: 20.4 publications per million population per year and 7.2 publications per year per one billion US$ GDP. Libya had much fewer publications: 2.4 publications per million population per year and 0.4 publications per one billion US$ GDP. The citation frequency for Libyan published research was very low compared to Tunisian and Moroccan related research. Conclusion: This preliminary analysis shows that medical research output in Libya is about twenty times less than in other countries with similar backgrounds, and that it needs to be enhanced. (Less)
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Ibnosina Medical Association (IMA)
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Libyan Journal of Medicine
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2
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3
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7 - 070625
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Taylor & Francis
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1993-2820
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English
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3ac79bd8-e489-4d30-82bf-a0a3a524f5a0 (old id 1138205)
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  abstract     = {{Medical research and publications are the back-bone for advancing the medical field. We identified the PubMed medical publications that are affiliated with Libya to shed some light on the contribution of this country’s medical community to the PubMed database. All publications affiliated with Libya in the PubMed were counted over a five year period ending December 2006. We also used the same method to obtain data on the PubMed medical publications from Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen. Tunisia had the largest number of PubMed publications among the studied countries: 20.4 publications per million population per year and 7.2 publications per year per one billion US$ GDP. Libya had much fewer publications: 2.4 publications per million population per year and 0.4 publications per one billion US$ GDP. The citation frequency for Libyan published research was very low compared to Tunisian and Moroccan related research. Conclusion: This preliminary analysis shows that medical research output in Libya is about twenty times less than in other countries with similar backgrounds, and that it needs to be enhanced.}},
  author       = {{Bakoush, Omran and Al-Tubuly, A A and Ashammakhi, N and Elkhammas, E A}},
  issn         = {{1993-2820}},
  keywords     = {{Ibnosina Medical Association (IMA)}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{7--070625}},
  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{Libyan Journal of Medicine}},
  title        = {{PubMed Medical Publications From Libya}},
  url          = {{http://www.ljm.org.ly/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1231}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}