Dardas Latefa Ali, Sawair Faleh A, Nabolsi Manar, Simmons Leigh Ann
Community Health Nursing Department, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
The University of Jordan Accreditation and Quality Assurance Center, Amman, Jordan.
Int J Nurs Pract. 2019 Jun;25(3):e12716. doi: 10.1111/ijn.12716. Epub 2018 Dec 19.
Scientific discovery in general, and nursing research specifically, is an increasingly global effort consistent with changing demographics and the need to provide culturally competent care in a diverse society. Given that Arabs account for an increasing proportion of the populations in many Western countries, this study presents findings from the first bibliometric analysis of nursing research conducted through December 2017 in the Arab region.
We used quantitative and qualitative indicators to analyse bibliometric data from Scopus.
We provided significant data on Arab nursing publication output and growth trends; types of published documents; publication geographic loci, focus, and subject categories; authors' collaboration patterns; core publishing journals and their impact; and citation patterns.
Our findings highlighted the need for Arab policy makers and funding agencies to allocate research funding that supports the dissemination of Arab nursing research into the broader scientific community so that Western researchers, policymakers, and health care providers can appropriately address the health care needs of Arab individuals and families. The insights gleaned regarding the performance of journals, authors, countries, and institutions are discussed in relation to the potential impacts of the publish-or-perish culture of the current academic world.
总体而言，科学发现，尤其是护理研究，正日益成为一项全球性的工作，这与不断变化的人口结构以及在多元化社会中提供具有文化胜任力的护理的需求相一致。鉴于阿拉伯人在许多西方国家的人口中所占比例日益增加，本研究呈现了截至2017年12月对阿拉伯地区护理研究进行的首次文献计量分析的结果。
我们使用定量和定性指标来分析来自Scopus的文献计量数据。
我们提供了有关阿拉伯护理出版物产出和增长趋势、已发表文献的类型、出版物的地理分布、重点和主题类别、作者合作模式、核心出版期刊及其影响力以及引用模式的重要数据。
我们的研究结果强调，阿拉伯政策制定者和资助机构需要分配研究资金，以支持将阿拉伯护理研究传播到更广泛的科学界，以便西方研究人员、政策制定者和医疗服务提供者能够适当地满足阿拉伯个人和家庭的医疗保健需求。结合当前学术界“不发表就出局”文化的潜在影响，讨论了从期刊、作者、国家和机构的表现中获得的见解。
