A bibliometric analysis of scientific production on second-generation anti-psychotic drugs in Malaysia

Francisco López-Muñoz, Francisco J. Povedano-Montero, Kok Yoon Chee, Winston W. Shen, Poveda Fernández-Martín, Javier García-Pacios, Gabriel Rubio, Cecilio Álamo

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Abstract

Objective: We carried out a bibliometric study on the scientific papers related to second-generation antipsychotic drugs (SGAs) in Malaysia. Methods: With the SCOPUS database, we selected those documents made in Malaysia whose title included descriptors related to SGAs. We applied bibliometric indicators of production and dispersion, as Price’s law and Bradford’s law, respectively. We also calculated the participation index of the different countries. The bibliometric data were also been correlated with some social and health data from Malaysia (total per capita expenditure on health and gross domestic expenditure on R&D). Results: We found 105 original documents published between 2004 and 2016. Our results fulfilled Price’s law, with scientific production on SGAs showing exponential growth (r = 0.401, vs. r = 0.260 after linear adjustment). The drugs most studied are olanzapine (9 documents), clozapine (7), and risperidone (7). Division into Bradford zones yields a nucleus occupied by the Medical Journal of Malaysia, Singapore Medical Journal, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, and Pharmacogenomics. Totally, 63 different journals were used, but only one in the top four journals had an impact factor being greater than 3. Conclusion: The publications on SGAs in Malaysia have undergone exponential growth, without evidence a saturation point.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40-55
Number of pages16
JournalMalaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume25
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Atypical anti-psychotics
  • Bibliometrics
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Malaysia
  • Schizophrenia
  • Second-generation anti-psychotics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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