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| Title |
Substance use disorders in Arab countries: research activity and bibliometric analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1747-597x-9-33 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Waleed M Sweileh, Sa’ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi, Ansam F Sawalha |
| Abstract |
Substance use disorders, which include substance abuse and substance dependence, are present in all regions of the world including Middle Eastern Arab countries. Bibliometric analysis is an increasingly used tool for research assessment. The main objective of this study was to assess research productivity in the field of substance use disorders in Arab countries using bibliometric indicators. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 112 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 111 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 24% |
| Unknown | 36 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 12% |
| Psychology | 7 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 15% |
| Unknown | 44 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 November 2023.
All research outputs
#6,450,657
of 25,623,883 outputs
Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#359
of 749 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#57,700
of 248,026 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#6
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,623,883 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 749 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 52% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 15 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its contemporaries.