Trends in diabetes research outputs in South Africa over 30 years from 2010 to 2019 : a bibliometric analysis
Joint Authors
Okaiyeto, Kunle
Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi Omoniyi
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 5 (31 May. 2021), pp.2914-2924, 11 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2021-05-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the leading causes of mortality in South Africa, which is impelled by peo-ple’s consumption of unhealthy diets and lifestyles, negligence about an individual’s health status, and increased urbanization.
DM can be linked to several human diseases and thus, making it an important public health issue in the South African health sector.
Therefore, it is necessary to assess the level of research that has been conducted in the country on diabetes, in a quest for solutions against the deadly disease.
Hence, the present study aimed to map diabetes-related research in South Africa from 2010 to 2019.
Data on the subject was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) and bib-liometrix package in Rstudio statistical software was used to analyze the data while VOSviewer was explored for data visualization networks.
Our analysis revealed that the annual growth rate of publication trends was 23.2%.
The authors per document were 23.3 with a collaboration index of 23.4.
From the 416 articles analyzed, Islam MS (n = 34) was the most prolific author and the top active institution was University of KwaZulu-Natal (n = 165) and the top journal was Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (n = 20).
Findings from this study reveal that the quantity of research on diabetes has significantly increased over the decade, and the outcomes of this scientific progress can guide future research and sub- stantially provide the basic needs for improving management procedures for diabetes in the country.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Okaiyeto, Kunle& Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi Omoniyi. 2021. Trends in diabetes research outputs in South Africa over 30 years from 2010 to 2019 : a bibliometric analysis. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 28, no. 5, pp.2914-2924.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1414500
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Okaiyeto, Kunle& Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi Omoniyi. Trends in diabetes research outputs in South Africa over 30 years from 2010 to 2019 : a bibliometric analysis. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 28, no. 5 (2021), pp.2914-2924.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1414500
American Medical Association (AMA)
Okaiyeto, Kunle& Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi Omoniyi. Trends in diabetes research outputs in South Africa over 30 years from 2010 to 2019 : a bibliometric analysis. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2021. Vol. 28, no. 5, pp.2914-2924.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1414500
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Record ID
BIM-1414500