Department of Physiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Division of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Int J Pharm Pract. 2021 Dec 4;29(6):622-632. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riab051.
To provide an overview of pharmacy practice research by faculties of pharmacy in the Arab region using a bibliometric methodology.
Relevant articles were retrieved from SciVerse Scopus. The search strategy was developed to retrieve all articles published in pharmacy practice journals and those with specific keywords such as 'clinical pharmacy', 'community pharmacy', 'hospital pharmacy', 'pharmacy education' and 'pharmacy practice'. The country affiliation function was used to limit the results to the Arab region.
The search strategy found 1496 articles authored by 8210 researchers and disseminated through 337 journals. Research on pharmacy practice produced by faculties of pharmacy in the Arab region (1) has experienced a steep growth over the last decade; (2) is mainly published by scholars in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates; (3) has benefited from non-Arab scholars affiliated with faculties of pharmacy in the Arab Gulf; (4) has benefited from international collaborations, specifically with researchers in the UK and Malaysia; (5) has mainly addressed seven research topics: adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance, medication adherence, self-medication, patient counselling, pharmacy education, perception of physicians towards pharmacists; (6) has shown a relationship between institutional funding and research output and (7) has shown the highest number of readers for topics related to polypharmacy, over-the-counter medications, self-medications, medication adherence and pharmacist intervention in disease management.
Pharmacy practice research in Arab countries has witnessed a steep rise in the last decade, partially due to international research collaboration.
采用文献计量学方法概述阿拉伯地区药学院校的药学实践研究。
从 SciVerse Scopus 检索相关文章。制定检索策略以检索发表在药学实践期刊上的所有文章以及具有特定关键词（如“临床药学”、“社区药学”、“医院药学”、“药学教育”和“药学实践”）的文章。使用国家隶属关系功能将结果限制在阿拉伯地区。
检索策略共找到 1496 篇由 8210 名研究人员撰写并通过 337 种期刊发表的药学实践研究文章。阿拉伯地区药学院校的药学实践研究（1）在过去十年中经历了快速增长；（2）主要由沙特阿拉伯、约旦、卡塔尔和阿拉伯联合酋长国的学者发表；（3）受益于隶属于阿拉伯海湾药学院校的非阿拉伯学者；（4）受益于国际合作，特别是与英国和马来西亚的研究人员合作；（5）主要涉及七个研究主题：药物不良反应和药物警戒、用药依从性、自我用药、患者咨询、药学教育、医生对药剂师的看法；（6）显示机构资金与研究产出之间存在关系；（7）与多药治疗、非处方药、自我用药、用药依从性和药剂师在疾病管理中的干预相关的主题读者最多。
阿拉伯国家的药学实践研究在过去十年中急剧增加，部分原因是国际研究合作。
