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Review
. 2023 Jun;12(6):1038-1049.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1889_22. Epub 2023 Jun 30.

Diabetes mellitus research in Saudi Arabia: A bibliometric study (2010-2021)

Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab  1 , Manal Mohamed Elhassan Taha  1 , Yahia Ali Kaabi  1   2
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Diabetes mellitus research in Saudi Arabia: A bibliometric study (2010-2021)

Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) causes global exhaustion, consumes economic resources, and has several risk factors. The bibliometric studies re-evaluate the research efforts on this illness using mathematical and statistical tools to indicate current research and future trends. This study examines KSA's DM research during 2010-2021. Data were acquired from Scopus and analyzed using VOSviewer and MS Excel. Several characteristics were examined to measure the quantity and quality of KSA-related DM articles. In total, 1,919 journal and conference papers were published. DM research included researchers from multidisciplinary sectors. Thirty-seven percent of them have ten or more scientific publications. Al-Daghri, N.M. (King Saud University) leads the pack. In total, 757 (39.44%) research projects got funding from 159 sources within and outside KSA. Memish, Z.A. is the most cited author. The Saudi Medical Journal has the most citations (1214). Al-Daghri, N.M. (KSU) collaborates the most. One hundred forty-one nations aided KSA's diabetes research. Egypt's High Institute of Public Health has the most scientific collaboration with KSA. Authors' and all Keywords analyses indicated a rich knowledge structure. Diabetes Care Journal has the most cocitations with 2,220 and a total link strength of 19,283, followed by The New England Journal of Medicine. The study results will be helpful to stakeholders to understand better the trends and performance of diabetes-related regional research, which will be beneficial.

Keywords: Bibliometrics; KSA; VOSviewer program; diabetes mellitus (DM); knowledge structure.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Selection criterion for data extraction from the Scopus database
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Figure 2
Annual production of articles. Correlation analysis was performed between the number of articles and years (2010–2021)
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Figure 3
Visualization mapping of citations for authors having more than ten documents using VOSviewer revealed the six clusters with 381 links and a total link strength of 2,166. Nodes represent the number of citations
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Figure 4
Visualization mapping of citations for source having more than 50 citations using VOSviewer. Nodes represent the number of citations
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Figure 5
Visualization mapping of coauthorship for authors with minimum number of five documents using VOSviewer. Nodes represent the number of documents
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Figure 6
Network visualization mapping of coauthorship for countries with minimum number of ten documents using VOSviewer. Nodes represent total link strength
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Figure 7
VOSviewer was used to obtain density visualization of authors’ keywords with minimum number of five
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Figure 8
VOSviewer was used to obtain density visualization of all’s keywords with minimum number of 50
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Figure 9
Network visualization of cocitation of 48 documents with minimum five cocitations
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