Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases represent a real public health problem in the countries of the Great Maghreb. Biomedical research focused on these diseases contributes to the planning, implementation and evaluation of different programs to combat this global burden. Thus, we conducted this bibliometric study in order to evaluate Maghrebian scientific production in the field of cardiology and cardiovascular diseases. We used the website SCImago Journal & Country Rank to collect data on Maghreb publications in the field of cardiology and cardiovascular diseases during the period 1996 to 2017. The data collected were exported to SPSS for further statistical analysis. The five Maghreb countries accounted for 14.84% of global publications in the field of cardiology and cardiovascular diseases. A significant increase in the number of published articles was observed ( r 2 = 0.799, P < 10 −3 ). It resulted in a growth index of 3.4. The number of publications increased from 14 in 1996 to 99 in 2017. The scientific research in cardiology peaked in 2015: 294 articles were identified or 23% of the total Maghreb production. Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria contributed to almost all of the biomedical cardiovascular publication with respectively 45.9%, 35.3% and 17% of publications. Thanks to the Tunisian publication in this medical discipline during the period from 1996 to 2017 (586 publications), Tunisia occupies the third position in Africa and the 59th position in the world. The number of citations per publication was 7.9. Libya had the highest number of citations per article (30.35). A significant decrease in the number of citations per document was observed in Mauritania. The H index was 27 and 19 respectively in Tunisia and Morocco. Despite its non-homogeneity, Maghrebian scientific production recorded a clear evolution from 1996 to 2017. However, the progression of cardiovascular diseases in the Maghreb countries is still alarming. It would be of high interest to study the quality of these publications as well as the areas studied.
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