An analysis of trends in publications on ‘tobacco control’

Objectives: Publications on tobacco control were quantitatively analysed to gain insight into the essential characteristics of the research field and trends and patterns in publication activities. The goal was to detect changes in the number of publications before and after the World Health Organiza...

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Published in:Health education journal 2017-08, Vol.76 (5), p.544-556
Main Authors: Unutmaz Durmusoglu, Zeynep Didem, Kocabey Çiftçi, Pinar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Change detection
Documents
Foreign Countries
Geographic Distribution
Geographic Location
Geographical distribution
Income
Insight
International Organizations
Prevention
Public Health
Public Opinion
Researchers
Smoking
Smoking cessation
Socioeconomic Influences
Statistical Analysis
Tobacco
Trend Analysis
Trends
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Summary:Objectives: Publications on tobacco control were quantitatively analysed to gain insight into the essential characteristics of the research field and trends and patterns in publication activities. The goal was to detect changes in the number of publications before and after the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was introduced. Study design: A bibliometric analysis was performed to assess the current status and research themes of tobacco control papers listed in the Web of Science database published between 1990 and 2015. Methods: Quantitative analyses were conducted to investigate publication activities, geographic distribution and individuals’ research fields within tobacco control. Results: The number of publications on tobacco control was over 81 times higher in 2015 than in 1990. At least 50% of the papers were published by authors in high-income countries. In addition, in the first 5 years after the WHO FCTC was introduced, publications on tobacco control increased considerably and the first publications from authors from Malaysia and Uruguay appeared. Researchers from the Americas Region of WHO contributed to the field much more frequently than those from the other five WHO regions. Conclusion: Findings from this study suggest that researchers’ interest from most countries increased after the WHO FCTC was introduced. However, research outputs from low- and middle-income countries remained comparatively low. Promoting more interest in tobacco control among researchers in these countries may help control the future prevalence of smoking.
ISSN:0017-8969
1748-8176
DOI:10.1177/0017896917704878