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Transcript of Contents · Citations H index USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904 Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142...
Contents
0 Introduction
0 Aims
0 Methods
0 Findings
0 Conclusions and road map
2
Introduction
3
Strengths 0 Resources
0 23 countries distributed on a very wide geographic area Rich in natural resources
0 370989000 (mid 2013 estimations) Rich in human resources
0 Academic institutions
4
Weaknesses
0 Nowadays the Arab countries are counted among the developing countries
0 Most of them are living under conflict
5
Research 0 This may lead to the question what is the situation of
health related research in Arab Countries
0 Even itrsquos Importance why it stay at lower level of Priority
0 Whatrsquos the impact of conflict and brain drain on the situation of research
6
AIMS
Reviewing main issues published in the literature regarding health related
research in Arab countries and paving the way forward
7
Methods
0 Internet Search
0Key words research biomedical health related Arab countries
012 publications
8
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Introduction
3
Strengths 0 Resources
0 23 countries distributed on a very wide geographic area Rich in natural resources
0 370989000 (mid 2013 estimations) Rich in human resources
0 Academic institutions
4
Weaknesses
0 Nowadays the Arab countries are counted among the developing countries
0 Most of them are living under conflict
5
Research 0 This may lead to the question what is the situation of
health related research in Arab Countries
0 Even itrsquos Importance why it stay at lower level of Priority
0 Whatrsquos the impact of conflict and brain drain on the situation of research
6
AIMS
Reviewing main issues published in the literature regarding health related
research in Arab countries and paving the way forward
7
Methods
0 Internet Search
0Key words research biomedical health related Arab countries
012 publications
8
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Strengths 0 Resources
0 23 countries distributed on a very wide geographic area Rich in natural resources
0 370989000 (mid 2013 estimations) Rich in human resources
0 Academic institutions
4
Weaknesses
0 Nowadays the Arab countries are counted among the developing countries
0 Most of them are living under conflict
5
Research 0 This may lead to the question what is the situation of
health related research in Arab Countries
0 Even itrsquos Importance why it stay at lower level of Priority
0 Whatrsquos the impact of conflict and brain drain on the situation of research
6
AIMS
Reviewing main issues published in the literature regarding health related
research in Arab countries and paving the way forward
7
Methods
0 Internet Search
0Key words research biomedical health related Arab countries
012 publications
8
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Weaknesses
0 Nowadays the Arab countries are counted among the developing countries
0 Most of them are living under conflict
5
Research 0 This may lead to the question what is the situation of
health related research in Arab Countries
0 Even itrsquos Importance why it stay at lower level of Priority
0 Whatrsquos the impact of conflict and brain drain on the situation of research
6
AIMS
Reviewing main issues published in the literature regarding health related
research in Arab countries and paving the way forward
7
Methods
0 Internet Search
0Key words research biomedical health related Arab countries
012 publications
8
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Research 0 This may lead to the question what is the situation of
health related research in Arab Countries
0 Even itrsquos Importance why it stay at lower level of Priority
0 Whatrsquos the impact of conflict and brain drain on the situation of research
6
AIMS
Reviewing main issues published in the literature regarding health related
research in Arab countries and paving the way forward
7
Methods
0 Internet Search
0Key words research biomedical health related Arab countries
012 publications
8
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
AIMS
Reviewing main issues published in the literature regarding health related
research in Arab countries and paving the way forward
7
Methods
0 Internet Search
0Key words research biomedical health related Arab countries
012 publications
8
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Methods
0 Internet Search
0Key words research biomedical health related Arab countries
012 publications
8
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Issues derived
0 Visibility of the research to the scientific community
0 Productivity of countries when adjusted to the population size and GDP
0 Comparison with other countries
0 Bibliometric analyses
0 Bellagio meeting
9
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Output of Arab institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
11
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
1988- 2007
12
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
2003
0 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt had the highest number of publications together accounting for 584 of the Arab countriesrsquo publications
13
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Progress number of publications
88-97 98-07
15868
35211
14
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Progress contribution
88-97 98-07
038 06
15
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
1988-2002
0 Arabs produce less than 1 of the biomedical citations in the world despite the available wealth and human resources
16
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Is it a matter of population size
or wealth of the country
18
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Population size
19
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
1988-2002
0 MEDLINE results normalized to population size show that small countries such as Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon are more productive than Egypt and Saudi Arabiamdashthe largest publishers in the Arab world
20
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
2003 per 100000 of the population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Kuwait UAE
657
262
21
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
22
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Wealth
23
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Normalizing by the GDP
Jordan Lebanon
112
103
Per one billion of GDP
24
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Together
25
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
upper-middle lower-upper upper
11
4
32 33
8
38
Number of publications per million population per year
According to Income groups
88-97 98-07
26
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
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600000
800000
1000000
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1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Rank of Arab Medical research Institutions
during the period of 1996-2012
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Saudi arabia
Tunisia
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Somalia
28
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Medical research output from the USA Turkey Israel Iran and Arab nations (1996mdash2012)
Documents Citable
Documents
Citations H index
USA 1875195 1652683 37441209 904
Turkey 120954 109240 648234 142
Israel 59894 54409 953440 255
Iran 38147 35492 131537 82
Arab countries 76417 69753 444281 39
29
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Documents
1875195
120954 59894 38147 764170
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
30
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Citable Documents
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
USA Turkey Israel Iran Arab Countries
31
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Citations
32
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
H index 904
142
255
82 39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1 2 3 4 5
33
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Pub Med Publications 2001-2005
34
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
2001-2005
0 The Arab countries also scored less when the data were normalized to
0 Population
0 GDP
35
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Published 2009
0 In Lebanon
0 most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut mainly the American University of Beirut
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in Lebanon indicate a focus on internal medicine anesthesiology surgery transplantation medical genetics pediatrics obstetrics neoplasms and pain management
37
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Published 2009
0 In the UAE
0 most of the biomedical publications originate from Al-Ain University
0 Detailed analysis of biomedical research objectives in the UAE indicate developed interest in pediatrics obstetrics clinical dysmorphologies transplantation dermatology diabetes and consanguinity
38
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Bellagio
0 A meeting was held in Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013 on lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo
0 to discuss how best to use the current opportunities to strengthen research science and innovation for health in the region
40
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Partners 0 The Council on Health Research for Development
(COHRED)
0 the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional-Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
0 and regional institutions such as the Faculty of Health Sciences of the American University of Beirut (AUB)
0 This event is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in line with the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation
41
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Outputs
0A call for action to strengthen system capacity for research and innovation for health
0A communication strategy to disseminate and keep this alive until the regional conference
0A conference plan for 2014
42
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Conclusions
0 Visibility Egypt Saudi Arabia
0 Productivity UAE Lebanon Kuwait Jordan hellip
0 Compared to regional countries far away
0 Bibliometric AUB Al Ain U
0 Future more Partners Leaders and supporters are needed to be involved
44
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Contribution concerns
In order to contribute more therersquos a need for
0 Center
0 Researcher and scientific writer
0 funding
0 Local issues hypothesis
0 Language
45
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
Road map
Arab Countries Health Research Group
(ACHRG)
Coordination networking
Specialized Conferences
46
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
References 0 Amin Bredan Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Editors Visibility
of Arab countries in the world biomedical literature Libyan J Med 2011 6 103402ljmv6i06325 Published online 2011 March 3 doi 103402ljmv6i06325 PMCID PMC3081872
0 Tadmouri GO Bissar-Tadmouri N Biomedical publications in an unstable region the Arab world 1988-2002 Lancet 2003 Nov 22362(9397)1766
0 Shaban SF Abu-Zidan FM A quantitative analysis of medical publications from Arab countries Saudi Med J 2003 Mar24(3)294-6
0 Deleu D Northway MG Hanssens Y Geographical distribution of biomedical publications from the Gulf Corporation Council countries Saudi Med J 2001 Jan22(1)10-2
47
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
References 0 Waleed M Sweileh Sarsquoed H Zyoud Ansam F Sawalha Adham Abu-Taha
Ayman Hussein and Samah W Al-Jabi Medical and biomedical research productivity from Palestine 2002 ndash 2011 BMC Res Notes 2013 6 41 Published online 2013 February 2 doi 1011861756-0500-6-41 PMCID PMC3566958
0 Afifi M Egyptian biomedical publications in PubMed 1996-2005
0 Bakoush O Al-Tubuly A Ashammakhi N Elkhammas E PubMed Medical publications from Libya Libyan J Med 2007 Sep 12(3)125-8 doi 104176070625
0 Hani TS Benamer and Omran Bakoush Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research a comparative study Published online 2009 April 17 doi 1011861471-2288-9-26 BMC Med Res Methodol 2009 9 26 PMCID PMC2674457
48
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
References 0 Bissar-Tadmouri N Tadmouri GO Bibliometric analyses of
biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (1988-2007) Saudi Med J 2009 Jan30(1)130-9
0 Bellagio Meeting lsquoBoosting Research for Health in the New Arab Worldlsquo Bellagio center Italy 26th of Feb to the 1st of March 2013
0 Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mounia Lakhdar-Idrissi Karim Ouldim Wafaa Bono Afaf Amarti-Riffi Moustapha Hida Chakib Nejjari aImproving medical research in the Arab world The Lancet December 21st 2013
0 S A Ismail A McDonald E Dubois F G Aljohani A P Coutts A Majeed and S Rawaf Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region J R Soc Med published online 10 May 2013 DOI 101258jrsm2012120240
49
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