{"title":"Four Decades of Progress: Evaluating Saudi Arabia's Research Publications in Pharmaceutical Sciences.","authors":"Dileep K Rohra, Ismail Memon","doi":"10.1177/00185787251326821","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives:</b> This study aims to analyze the quantity and quality of pharmaceutical science publications originating from Saudi Arabia and compare research publications retrieved from Scopus over the past 40 years (1980-2019). <b>Methods:</b> Data was collected from Scopus, with each publication assigned a unique identifier. Information such as the journal's name, year of publication, and publication type were recorded. The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for the year 2018, obtained from ISI Web of Science, was used for all publications. The mean impact factor (MIF) for each year was calculated by dividing the cumulative IF by the total number of publications in that year. All data was entered into Microsoft Excel and analyzed using numbers, means, and percentages. <b>Results:</b> A total of 12 299 papers were published from Saudi Arabia in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. A modest growth trend in publication was observed from 1980 to 2008. However, starting in 2009, there was a notable increase in annual publication counts, reaching 1400 by 2016, and maintaining a range of 1200 to 1400 annually until 2019. A highly statistically significant upward trajectory in the JIF was observed from 1980 to 2018, with annual variations. The SCImago Journal Rank also exhibited a similar pattern of increased research growth. <b>Conclusion:</b> This study indicates a consistent growth in both the quantity of publications and the presence in quality journals indexed with Scopus published in the field of pharmaceutical sciences from Saudi Arabia.</p>","PeriodicalId":13002,"journal":{"name":"Hospital Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":"00185787251326821"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11926814/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hospital Pharmacy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00185787251326821","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to analyze the quantity and quality of pharmaceutical science publications originating from Saudi Arabia and compare research publications retrieved from Scopus over the past 40 years (1980-2019). Methods: Data was collected from Scopus, with each publication assigned a unique identifier. Information such as the journal's name, year of publication, and publication type were recorded. The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for the year 2018, obtained from ISI Web of Science, was used for all publications. The mean impact factor (MIF) for each year was calculated by dividing the cumulative IF by the total number of publications in that year. All data was entered into Microsoft Excel and analyzed using numbers, means, and percentages. Results: A total of 12 299 papers were published from Saudi Arabia in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. A modest growth trend in publication was observed from 1980 to 2008. However, starting in 2009, there was a notable increase in annual publication counts, reaching 1400 by 2016, and maintaining a range of 1200 to 1400 annually until 2019. A highly statistically significant upward trajectory in the JIF was observed from 1980 to 2018, with annual variations. The SCImago Journal Rank also exhibited a similar pattern of increased research growth. Conclusion: This study indicates a consistent growth in both the quantity of publications and the presence in quality journals indexed with Scopus published in the field of pharmaceutical sciences from Saudi Arabia.
目的:本研究旨在分析沙特阿拉伯原产医药科学出版物的数量和质量,并比较近40年(1980-2019)Scopus检索到的研究出版物。方法:从Scopus中收集数据,每个出版物分配一个唯一标识符。记录了诸如期刊名称、出版年份和出版类型等信息。所有出版物均使用从ISI Web of Science获取的2018年期刊影响因子(JIF)。每年的平均影响因子(MIF)是通过将累积影响因子除以该年的出版物总数来计算的。所有数据都输入到Microsoft Excel中,并使用数字、平均值和百分比进行分析。结果:沙特阿拉伯在药学领域共发表论文12299篇。从1980年到2008年,出版物有适度的增长趋势。然而,从2009年开始,年度出版物数量显著增加,到2016年达到1400篇,到2019年保持在1200 - 1400篇之间。从1980年到2018年,JIF在统计上呈现高度显著的上升轨迹,并存在年度变化。SCImago期刊排名也显示出类似的研究增长模式。结论:本研究表明,沙特阿拉伯制药科学领域的出版物数量和在Scopus索引的高质量期刊上发表的数量都在持续增长。
期刊介绍:
Hospital Pharmacy is a monthly peer-reviewed journal that is read by pharmacists and other providers practicing in the inpatient and outpatient setting within hospitals, long-term care facilities, home care, and other health-system settings The Hospital Pharmacy Assistant Editor, Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, DSc, FASHP, is author of a Medication Error Report Analysis and founder of The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a nonprofit organization that provides education about adverse drug events and their prevention.