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Comparing Bibliometric Analysis Using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Databases
Published on: October 24, 2019
Cardiovascular disease research in Latin America: a comparative bibliometric analysis
Eiman Jahangir1, Daniel Comandé, Adolfo Rubinstein
1Eiman Jahangir, Daniel Comandé, Adolfo Rubinstein, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, C1414CPV, Argentina. eiman.jahangir@vanderbilt.edu
Aim:
To investigate the number of publications in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Latin America and the Caribbean over the last decade.
Methods:
We performed a bibliometric analysis in PubMed from 2001 to 2010 for Latin America and the Caribbean, the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and India.
Results:
Latin America published 4% of articles compared with 26% from the United States/Canada and 42% from Europe. In CVD, Latin America published 4% of articles vs 23% from the United States/Canada and 40% from Europe. The number of publications in CVD in Latin America increased from 41 in 2001 to 726 in 2010.
Conclusion:
Latin America, while publishing more articles than previously, lags behind developed countries. Further advances in research infrastructure are necessary to develop prevention strategies for this region.
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