Patil Shankargouda, Sarode Sachin C, Baeshen Hosam Ali, Bhandi Shilpa, Raj A Thirumal, Sarode Gargi S, Sait Sadiq M, Gadbail Amol R, Gondivkar Shailesh
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Sant-Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, India.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2020 Jan 1;21(1):13-18. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.1.13.
Oral cancer and precancers are a major public health challenge in developing countries. Researchers in Saudi Arabia have constantly been directing their efforts on oral cancer research and have their results published. Systematic analysis of such papers is the need of the hour as it will not only acknowledge the current status but will also help in framing future policies on oral cancer research in Saudi Arabia.
The search string "oral cancer" OR "Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma" OR "oral premalignant lesion" OR "oral precancer" OR "Oral Potentially malignant disorder" AND AFFIL (Saudi AND Arabia ) was used for retrieval of articles from Scopus database. Various tools available in Scopus database were used for analyzing the bibliometric related parameters.
The search revealed a total of 663 publications based on the above query. Maximum affiliations were from King Saud University (163) followed by Jazan University (109) and then King Abdulaziz University (106). A large number of international collaborations were observed, the maximum with India (176) and the USA (127). The maximum number of articles were published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (34) followed by the Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice (33) and Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine (19).
Saudi researchers are directing their efforts towards the public health menace of oral cancer. However, it was also observed that some institutions have emerged as front runners in research, whereas others are contributing significantly less. The health department should encourage and take necessary steps to increase the involvement of other institutions.
口腔癌及癌前病变是发展中国家面临的一项重大公共卫生挑战。沙特阿拉伯的研究人员一直在致力于口腔癌研究并发表了相关成果。对这些论文进行系统分析迫在眉睫，因为这不仅能了解当前状况，还将有助于制定沙特阿拉伯未来口腔癌研究的政策。
使用检索词“口腔癌”或“口腔鳞状细胞癌”或“口腔癌前病变”或“口腔癌前状态”或“口腔潜在恶性疾病”以及“所属机构（沙特阿拉伯）”从Scopus数据库中检索文章。利用Scopus数据库中的各种工具分析文献计量学相关参数。
根据上述查询，共检索到663篇出版物。所属机构最多的是沙特国王大学（163个），其次是吉赞大学（109个），然后是阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学（106个）。观察到大量国际合作，与印度合作最多（176次），与美国合作其次（127次）。发表文章数量最多的期刊是《亚太癌症预防杂志》（34篇），其次是《当代牙科实践杂志》（33篇）和《口腔病理学与医学杂志》（19篇）。
沙特研究人员正致力于应对口腔癌这一公共卫生威胁。然而，也观察到一些机构已成为研究的领跑者，而其他机构的贡献则少得多。卫生部门应鼓励并采取必要措施增加其他机构的参与度。
