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Obesity Researches in Youth: A Scientometrics Study in Middle East Countries Publisher



Atoofi M1 ; Qorbani M2 ; Asayesh H3 ; Rezaei N4 ; Moghaddam S4 ; Djalalinia S5
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  1. 1. Spiritual Health Research Center, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Medical Emergencies, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
  4. 4. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Published:2021


Abstract

Background: The alarming trends of obesity/overweight in youth have been interested policy makers and other stakeholders to exact follow and analysis of related scientific evidence. The present paper quantify the trends of outputs of youth obesity/overweight researches in Middle East countries. Materials and Methods: The Scopus database systematically searched as the most comprehensive multidisciplinary database, for all related obesity/overweight that focused on youth age groups concerns, from 2000 to 2017. These scientometrics analysis included the trends of scientific products, citations, and other scientometric index in Middle East countries. Results: During 2000-2017, in the field of youth obesity, 2350 papers published (0.40% of total 591,105 indexed paper of this region) by Middle East countries. In this regard, Iran with 574 publication (24.43%) had the first rank. After that Turkey and Saudi Arabia, respectively, with 489 (20.81%) and 313 (13.32%) papers, had the next ranks. Over 18-year period, based on the findings all of Eastern Mediterranean countries follow the progressive plans for topics related to youth obesity. Between them, Iran and Turkey have significant growth rates (0.77% and 0.40%, respectively). Scientometric indicators such as 'number of published papers,' 'number of citations' confirmed that during the 2000-2017 the P-trends of total number of related published papers and the correspond citations, in region countries, were significant (2168 papers and 34,132 citations, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Most of countries at global and regional levels follow ascending trends in publications and citations in obesity/overweight fields. Iran's position has grown significantly among them. Maintaining and promoting this position requires careful planning and special attention. The findings also could be used for better health policy and complementary researches. © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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