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Diabetes Research in India and China Today: From Literature-based Mapping to Health-care Policy

Arunachalam, Subbiah and Gunasekaran, Subbiah (2002) Diabetes Research in India and China Today: From Literature-based Mapping to Health-care Policy. Current Science 82(9):pp. 1086-1097.

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Abstract

We have mapped and evaluated diabetes research in India and China, based on papers published during 1990–1999 and indexed in PubMed, Science Citation Index (SCI) and Biochemistry and Biophysics Citation Index (BBCI) and citations to each one of these papers up to 2000. We have identified institutions carrying out diabetes research, journals used to publish the results, subfields in which the two countries have published often, and the impact of the work as seen from actual citations to the papers. We have also assessed the extent of international collaboration in diabetes research in these two countries, based on papers indexed in SCI and BBCI. There is an enormous mismatch between the disease burden and the share of research performed in both countries. Although together these two countries account for 26% of the prevalence of diabetes, they contribute less than 2% of the world’s research. We argue that both India and China need to (i) strengthen their research capabilities in this area, (ii) increase investment in health-care research considerably, (iii) facilitate substantive international collaboration in research, and (iv) support cross-disciplinary research between basic life sciences researchers and medical researchers. As data such as those presented here should form the basis of health policy, India and China should encourage evaluation of research.

EPrint Type:Journal Article (Paginated)
Keywords:Scientific Information, Developing country, Paper distribution, International collaboration
Subjects:Scholarly Communication
Citation Analysis
ID Code:834
Deposited On:13 May 2005
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