The Research Trends and Scientometric Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in India During 2016-2021.

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects the synovial joints, causing swelling and joint damage. RA has become a major public health concern, harming more than 1500 people per lakh of the world's population. This inflammatory disorder is more common in females in comparison to males (3:1). In the present work, a scientometric analysis of published articles on RA during the last five years [1st January 2016 to 2021] on 19/08/2021 in the Scopus database is performed and investigates the contribution of India. In this study, the top most productive countries and the contribution of India in this field were analyzed. The different journals, funding agencies, and productive authors from India who contributed to this field are also recognized. The average citation impact is 10 citations per paper. A total of 61% share was found for the International collaboration in India's publication on rheumatoid arthritis. In India's output on rheumatoid arthritis, medicine produced the largest percentage of paper (60 percent). The top 15 journals publishing the maximum number of Indian papers contribute 1% share of global rheumatoid arthritis research (The highest number of papers (95 papers) published by the Indian Journal of Rheumatology). During the period 2016-2021, the top 10 highly cited papers got a total of 7045 citations, averaging 705 citations per publication. India was found to have a 5% (1974 publications) share of global output (42312 publications). In conclusion, there is a small number of researches on rheumatoid arthritis in a country, which holds the 2nd position in population across the world. There is a need for more research on rheumatoid arthritis in India.