Reporting of non-communicable disease research in low- and middle-income countries: a pilot bibliometric analysis*

Journal of the Medical Library Association | October 1, 2006| | Copyright

Objective: The paper identifies the relative amount of research devoted to non-communicable disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Design: A bibliometric analysis of a subset of journals published in LMICs was performed.

Measurements: Seventy-six peer-reviewed journals focused on general medicine or public health published in 46 LMICs and indexed from 1998 to 2003 in MEDLINE. A total of 24 journals were selected, 4 journals from each of 6 LMIC regions. Searches were refined using 18 non-communicable disease topics with 7,012 articles identified for analysis.

Results: More than ...

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