Abstract
The purpose of this short communication study was to investigation the trends of biomedical publications productivity of oral and dentistry field from Libya using the most popular biomedical search engine PubMed with focus on Libyan academic institutions. This search was performed on articles that were related to dentistry and oral medicine using the affiliation of Libya for the period 2003-2013. A total of 358 biomedical published articles were retrieved of which only 40 were related to oral and dentistry medicine. In conclusion, this investigation shows a very low productivity and weak distribution of biomedical research in oral and dentistry medicine productivity throughout Libya.
Highlights
Libya, limited information is available on the oral and dentistry field or other professional medical disciplines.[8]. The purpose of this brief study was to investigation the trends of biomedical publications productivity of oral and dentistry field from
This short descriptive analysis show that Libyan biomedical publications affiliated to oral and dentistry science has only started in 2007 with one article and gradually increased to ward 2013 (Fig 1)
This is a surprising results considering that the first biomedical publication from Libya was dated back in the 1952 and related to infectious disease.[5,7]
Summary
Biomedical research productivity from under developed regions and low income countries are generally inadequate and their global contribution is limited.[1,2] This is largely attributed to various financial and socioeconomical factors, regional instabilities, as well as undeveloped infrastructures.[3]. Arab and African nations.[4,5,6,7] many studies have investigated and analyzed the biomedical research productivity and trends from. Libya, limited information is available on the oral and dentistry field or other professional medical disciplines.[8] the purpose of this brief study was to investigation the trends of biomedical publications productivity of oral and dentistry field from. PubMed with focus on Libyan academic institutions. 30 articles (75%) were affiliated to Libyan academic and health care institutions, 5 articles (12.5%) were in open access journals and 18 articles (45%) were an open access articles
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