Research Output and Citation Analysis of World’s Ten Leading Oncology Research Countries, 2003-2012 (original) (raw)

ABASTRACT: The present study seeks to assess the research productivity in the field of oncology during the period of 2003-2012 at the global level. An attempt has also been made to evaluate the research output of the world’s ten leading oncology research countries. Some of the key areas covered in the present discourse are research output, citation analysis, and h-index. A total of 310,593 publications in the field of oncology during the period were analyzed. The United States accounted for 29.13% of the total research output, followed by Japan (7.27%) and China (7.07%). Of the total global oncology research output, 74.51% has come from ten leading oncology research countries. During the period of study, the research output of oncology has improved considerably with an average annual growth of 8.15%. China is one of the fastest emerging oncology research countries in the period, with an average annual growth of 37.35%.