Sweileh Waleed M, Zyoud Sa'ed H, Al-Jabi Samah W, Sawalha Ansam F
Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nablus, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Fertil Res Pract. 2015 May 5;1:6. doi: 10.1186/2054-7099-1-6. eCollection 2015.
The main goal of this study was to assess worldwide research activity in emergency contraception (EC) using bibliometric indicators.
Data in SciVerse Scopus were searched for documents pertaining to emergency contraception. Data obtained were then exported to Microsoft Excel and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences.
A total of 2142 documents were published about EC worldwide. Documents were written in 27 different languages and were published from 78 countries. Publications in EC started on late 1960s. Total number of citations for published EC documents was 30154 while median citation per document was six. The -index of the retrieved documents was 58. The leading country in EC research was United States of America with a total of 559 documents (26.10%). One hundred and ninety five (9.10%) documents were published in journal. The leading institution in EC research and publications was Princeton University (50; 2.33%) followed by University of California, San Francisco (34; 1.59%).
The present data revealed that there is a worldwide increasing interest in EC research. Willingness of health policy makers to make EC accessible to the public will determine the future of EC research activity and future of EC as a contraceptive method.
本研究的主要目的是使用文献计量指标评估全球范围内紧急避孕（EC）的研究活动。
在SciVerse Scopus中搜索与紧急避孕相关的文献。然后将获得的数据导出到Microsoft Excel，并使用社会科学统计软件包进行分析。
全球共发表了2142篇关于紧急避孕的文献。文献用27种不同语言撰写，来自78个国家。紧急避孕方面的出版物始于20世纪60年代末。已发表的紧急避孕文献的总被引次数为30154次，而每篇文献的中位被引次数为6次。检索到的文献的h指数为58。紧急避孕研究的领先国家是美国，共有559篇文献（占26.10%）。195篇（占9.10%）文献发表于《》杂志。紧急避孕研究和出版物方面的领先机构是普林斯顿大学（50篇；占2.33%），其次是加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校（34篇；占1.59%）。
目前的数据显示，全球对紧急避孕研究的兴趣在不断增加。卫生政策制定者让公众能够获得紧急避孕措施的意愿将决定紧急避孕研究活动的未来以及紧急避孕作为一种避孕方法的未来。
