TY - JOUR
T1 - Global scientific production on illicit drug addiction
T2 - A two-decade analysis
AU - Khalili, Malahat
AU - Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
AU - Shadloo, Behrang
AU - Mojtabai, Ramin
AU - Mann, Karl
AU - Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was financially supported by Tehran University of Medical Sciences through grant number 132-1112.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Aims: Addiction science has made great progress in the past decades. We conducted a scientometric study in order to quantify the number of publications and the growth rate globally, regionally, and at country levels. Methods: In October 2015, we searched the Scopus database using the general keywords of addiction or drug-use disorders combined with specific terms regarding 4 groups of illicit drugs-cannabis, opioids, cocaine, and other stimulants or hallucinogens. All documents published during the 20-year period from 1995 to 2014 were included. Results: A total of 95,398 documents were retrieved. The highest number of documents were on opioids, both globally (60.1%) and in each of 5 continents. However, studies on cannabis showed a higher growth rate in the last 5-year period of the study (2010-2014). The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, Spain, Italy, China, and Japan- A lmost all studies were from high-income countries-occupied the top 10 positions and produced 81.4% of the global science on drug addiction. Conclusion: As there are important socio-cultural differences in the epidemiology and optimal clinical care of addictive disorders, it is suggested that low- A nd more affected middle-income countries increase their capacity to conduct research and disseminate the knowledge in this field.
AB - Aims: Addiction science has made great progress in the past decades. We conducted a scientometric study in order to quantify the number of publications and the growth rate globally, regionally, and at country levels. Methods: In October 2015, we searched the Scopus database using the general keywords of addiction or drug-use disorders combined with specific terms regarding 4 groups of illicit drugs-cannabis, opioids, cocaine, and other stimulants or hallucinogens. All documents published during the 20-year period from 1995 to 2014 were included. Results: A total of 95,398 documents were retrieved. The highest number of documents were on opioids, both globally (60.1%) and in each of 5 continents. However, studies on cannabis showed a higher growth rate in the last 5-year period of the study (2010-2014). The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, Spain, Italy, China, and Japan- A lmost all studies were from high-income countries-occupied the top 10 positions and produced 81.4% of the global science on drug addiction. Conclusion: As there are important socio-cultural differences in the epidemiology and optimal clinical care of addictive disorders, it is suggested that low- A nd more affected middle-income countries increase their capacity to conduct research and disseminate the knowledge in this field.
KW - Bibliometrics
KW - Drug dependence
KW - Geographic mapping
KW - Scientometry
KW - Substance abuse
KW - World
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U2 - 10.1159/000487590
DO - 10.1159/000487590
M3 - Article
C2 - 29627821
AN - SCOPUS:85045349176
SN - 1022-6877
VL - 24
SP - 60
EP - 70
JO - European Addiction Research
JF - European Addiction Research
IS - 2
ER -