Disparities in cardiovascular research output and citations from 52 african countries: A time-trend, bibliometric analysis (1999-2008)

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Bloomfield, Gerald S ^a,b,c   Baldridge, Abigail ^d,e   Agarwal, Anubha ^a   Huffman, Mark D ^d,e   Colantonio, Lisandro D ^f   Bahiru, Ehete ^d,e   Ajay, Vamadevan S ^g,h   Prabhakaran, Poornima ^g   Lewison, Grant ⁱ   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^g,h  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g Centre for chronic disease control (CoE CARRS)   (India)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

ⁱ GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Publications; Research; Trends

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; EGYPT; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIGERIA; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 85012267031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001606     Document Type: Article

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