Department of Physiology, University Diabetes Centre, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2013 Nov;17(21):2839-46.
This study aimed to investigate the degree of research outcome in medical science subjects in Pakistan during the period 1996-2012.
In this study, the research papers published in various global science journals during the period 1996-2012 were accessed. We recorded the total number of research documents having an affiliation with a Pakistan. The main source for information was Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science, Thomson Reuters and SCI-mago/Scopus.
In global science, Pakistan contributed 58133 research papers in all science and social sciences both in ISI and non ISI indexed journals. However, in medical sciences the total number of research papers from Pakistan are 25604, citable documents 23874, citations 128061, mean citations per documents 6.45 and mean Hirsch index is 35.33. In Pakistan, the upward trend of articles published in global medical science was from the period 1996-2008. However, from 2008 the trend is markedly declined.
Pakistan significantly improved its international ranking positions in research during the period 2000-2008. However, the upward trend of research papers published in global medical science could not be retained and from the year 2008 the trend started declining. This trend of research papers further declined in year 2012 compared to year 2011. It is suggested that, Pakistan must take strategic steps to enhance the research culture and increase the research and development expenditure in the country.
本研究旨在调查 1996-2012 年期间巴基斯坦医学科学领域的研究成果程度。
本研究中，我们查阅了 1996-2012 年期间在各种全球科学期刊上发表的研究论文。我们记录了与巴基斯坦有关的研究文献总数。信息的主要来源是 Institute of Scientific Information（ISI）Web of Science、Thomson Reuters 和 SCI-mago/Scopus。
在全球科学领域，巴基斯坦在所有科学和社会科学领域，包括 ISI 和非 ISI 索引期刊，共发表了 58133 篇研究论文。然而，在医学科学领域，来自巴基斯坦的研究论文总数为 25604 篇，可引用文献 23874 篇，引文 128061 条，每篇文献的平均引文数为 6.45，平均 Hirsch 指数为 35.33。在巴基斯坦，全球医学科学领域发表的文章数量呈上升趋势，从 1996 年至 2008 年。然而，自 2008 年以来，这一趋势明显下降。
巴基斯坦在 2000-2008 年期间在研究方面显著提高了其国际排名。然而，全球医学科学领域发表的研究论文的上升趋势未能持续，自 2008 年以来，这一趋势开始下降。与 2011 年相比，2012 年研究论文的这一趋势进一步下降。建议巴基斯坦必须采取战略步骤，加强研究文化，增加国家的研究与发展支出。
