Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2019 May 17;14(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s13011-019-0204-7.
Globally, substance use disorders are prevalent and remain an intractable public health problem for health care systems. This study aims to provide a global picture of substance use disorders research.
The Web of Science platform was used to perform a cross-sectional analysis of scientific articles on substance use disorders and treatment. Characteristics of publication volume, impact, growth, authors, institutions, countries, and journals were examined using descriptive analysis and network visualization graphs.
Thirteen thousand six hundred eighty-five papers related to illicit drugs (5403), tobacco (4469), and alcohol (2137) use disorders and treatment were published between 1971 and 2017. The number of publications on Mindfulness and Digital medicine topics had the highest increase with more than 300% since 2003-2007 despite later presence than other methods. The number of papers on other non-pharmaceutical therapies (behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, skills training or motivational interviewing) grew gradually, however, the growth rate was lower every 5-year period. The United States is the substance use disorder research hub of the world with the highest volume of publications (8232 or 60.2%) and total citations (252,935 or 65.2%), number of prolific authors (25 of top 30 or 83%) and institutions (24 of top 26 or 92%), formed the most international research partnerships (with 96 distinct countries). The international collaboration followed a pattern based on geographic proximity and cultural similarity.
This study offers a comprehensive picture of the global trend of publications of substance use disorder. Findings suggest a need for research policy that supports the examination of interventions that culturally adhere to different local contexts to address substance use disorder in communities.
在全球范围内，物质使用障碍普遍存在，仍然是医疗保健系统面临的一个棘手的公共卫生问题。本研究旨在提供物质使用障碍研究的全球概况。
本研究使用 Web of Science 平台对物质使用障碍和治疗的科学文献进行了横断面分析。使用描述性分析和网络可视化图检查了出版物数量、影响、增长、作者、机构、国家和期刊的特征。
在 1971 年至 2017 年间，共发表了 13685 篇关于非法药物（5403 篇）、烟草（4469 篇）和酒精（2137 篇）使用障碍和治疗的论文。尽管比其他方法晚出现，但 2003-2007 年以来，正念和数字医学主题的出版物数量增长最快，增长超过 300%。其他非药物疗法（行为疗法、认知行为疗法、技能培训或动机访谈）的论文数量逐渐增加，但每 5 年的增长率都较低。美国是世界物质使用障碍研究中心，发表的论文数量最多（8232 篇，占 60.2%），总引文数（252935 篇，占 65.2%）、高产作者数（前 30 名中有 25 名，占 83%）和机构数（前 26 名中有 24 名，占 92%）最多，形成了最多的国际研究伙伴关系（与 96 个不同的国家）。国际合作遵循基于地理接近度和文化相似性的模式。
本研究提供了物质使用障碍全球发表趋势的全面概况。研究结果表明，需要制定研究政策，支持对符合不同当地背景的干预措施进行研究，以解决社区中的物质使用障碍问题。
