National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
J Cancer Policy. 2022 Sep;33:100331. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2022.100331. Epub 2022 Apr 26.
Cancer research is essential to the development and implementation of effective control strategies and interventions. In Kenya, cancer is the third leading cause of death. Country specific research conducted by local and international investigators can inform a national plan to address local needs across the cancer care continuum. This analysis aims to provide information about the trends and types of cancer research collaborations, funding, and outputs from 2007 to 2017, to understand gaps and opportunities to strengthen Kenya-led cancer research capacity.
This analysis included 243 studies from a previously published phase 1 scoping review of oncology research conducted and published in Kenya from 2007 to 2017. The citation metadata was drawn from the Web of Science and PubMed and normalized in Microsoft Excel. Using Sci2, a series of bibliometric network analyses were conducted to identify funding patterns, collaborations between authors and institutions, and the types of cancer research conducted in Kenya. Gephi and Excel provided descriptive analyses and graphs of the network. The analyses are categorized into three themes: article production, collaboration, and research topics.
The bibliometric analysis found 5 US-based government agencies are funding cancer research in Kenya. Kenya-Kenya institutional collaborations were most common, and half of authors with the most co-authored publications were from Kenya. The publication trend showed a gradual increase from 2011 to 2014 with a subsequent drop through 2017.
This study identifies the funders and most often published Kenyan authors and Kenyan-based institutions publishing oncology research in Kenya. It also identifies future areas to focus research and the importance of continuing to build the writing and publishing capacity on oncology research by Kenyans.
癌症研究对于制定和实施有效的控制策略和干预措施至关重要。在肯尼亚，癌症是导致死亡的第三大原因。当地和国际研究人员开展的特定于国家的研究可以为解决全国癌症护理连续体的当地需求提供国家计划。本分析旨在提供 2007 年至 2017 年癌症研究合作、资金和产出的趋势和类型信息，以了解加强肯尼亚主导的癌症研究能力的差距和机会。
本分析包括先前发表的一项肿瘤学研究的第一阶段范围审查中发表的 243 项研究，该研究于 2007 年至 2017 年在肯尼亚进行。引文元数据取自 Web of Science 和 PubMed，并在 Microsoft Excel 中进行标准化。使用 Sci2 ，进行了一系列文献计量网络分析，以确定资金模式、作者和机构之间的合作以及在肯尼亚进行的癌症研究类型。Gephi 和 Excel 提供了网络的描述性分析和图表。分析分为三个主题：文章制作、合作和研究主题。
文献计量分析发现，有 5 家美国政府机构在肯尼亚资助癌症研究。肯尼亚-肯尼亚机构合作最为常见，发表最多合著论文的作者中有一半来自肯尼亚。出版趋势显示，2011 年至 2014 年逐渐增加，随后至 2017 年下降。
本研究确定了在肯尼亚资助癌症研究的资金来源和最常发表的肯尼亚作者和肯尼亚机构。它还确定了未来的研究领域，并强调了继续建设肯尼亚人进行肿瘤学研究的写作和出版能力的重要性。
