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Comparing Bibliometric Analysis Using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Databases
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Oman's COVID-19 publication trends: A cross-sectional bibliometric study
Hasina Al Harthi1, Jehan Al Fannah2, Faryal Khamis3
1Research Unit, Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Oman.
Public Health in Practice (Oxford, England)
|August 29, 2022
Summary
Oman
Area of Science:
- Bibliometrics
- Public Health
- COVID-19 Research
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic spurred extensive research globally.
- Omani researchers aimed for rapid dissemination of pandemic-related scientific knowledge.
- International interest in COVID-19 research necessitated understanding national contributions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the COVID-19 research output from Oman.
- To examine publication types, journal impact factors, and collaboration patterns.
- To compare COVID-19 scholarly output with Oman's national research over a decade.
Main Methods:
- Bibliometric cross-sectional study design.
- Data collection from PubMed, Google Scholar, and DOAJ for Oman's COVID-19 publications (February 2020 - February 2021).
- Analysis of publication types, journal impact factors, and international collaboration.
Main Results:
- 210 COVID-19 publications were identified.
- Review articles (36.7%) and original articles (30%) were most common; limited randomized controlled trials (2.4%) and systematic/meta-analysis (1.4%) were found.
- Most publications were in journals with impact factors < 5 (89.4%), with 53.8% involving international collaboration.
Conclusions:
- Oman's COVID-19 research shows a need to increase publications in high-impact factor journals.
- High international collaboration was observed, particularly in review and report articles.
- Building national research capacity is recommended to enhance high-impact publications.
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