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- Title
Mapping the landscape of biomedical research in Nigeria since 1967.
- Authors
Nwagwu, Williams
- Abstract
This article maps the biomedical literature of Nigeria by source/origin of publications and authorships from 1967 to 2002. This mapping is expected to provide crucial information to both government and others taking funding and related decisions regarding biomedical research in Nigeria. Data was collected from MEDLINE. Scientists publishing on Nigerian biomedicine have written 6,820 articles in 295 journals/sources. Only eight of the 121 local journals that published biomedical research in Nigeria during the period were included in MEDLINE's listing (2.72%), while there were 32 (10.84%) regional and 255 (86.44%) external journals used. Local journals appeared to be more heavily used than regional and external ones. It was also shown that MEDLINE does not adequately represent Nigeria's biomedical literature.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; MEDICAL research; PERIODICAL publishing; INTERNET in medicine; SCHOLARLY publishing; PUBLISHING
- Publication
Learned Publishing, 2005, Vol 18, Issue 3, p200
- ISSN
0953-1513
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1087/0953151054636219