Global scientific production on illicit drug addiction: a two-decade analysis
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 keyword...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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July 2018
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European addiction research
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 60-70 |
| ISSN: | 1421-9891 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000487590 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1159/000487590 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487590 
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| Author Notes: | Malahat Khalili, Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar, Behrang Shadloo, Ramin Mojtabai, Karl Mann, Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili |
| Summary: | 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 - almost 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- and more affected middle-income countries increase their capacity to conduct research and disseminate the knowledge in this field. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 16.04.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1421-9891 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000487590 |