Zyoud SH, Al-Jabi SW, Shahwan MJ, Jairoun AA. Global research production in neonatal abstinence syndrome: A bibliometric analysis. World J Clin Pediatr 2022; 11(3): 307-320 [PMID: 35663005 DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v11.i3.307]
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Sa'ed H Zyoud, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Academic Street, Nablus 44839, Palestine. saedzyoud@yahoo.com
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Substance Abuse
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Scientometrics
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World J Clin Pediatr. May 9, 2022; 11(3): 307-320 Published online May 9, 2022. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v11.i3.307
Global research production in neonatal abstinence syndrome: A bibliometric analysis
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi, Moyad Jamal Shahwan, Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi, Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus 44839, Palestine
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Poison Control and Drug Information Center, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus 44839, Palestine
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Clinical Research Centre, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus 44839, Palestine
Moyad Jamal Shahwan, Clinical Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman 2758, United Arab Emirates
Moyad Jamal Shahwan, Centre of Medical and Bio‑allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman 2758, United Arab Emirates
Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, Department of Health and Safety, Dubai Municipality, Dubai 67, United Arab Emirates
Author contributions: Zyoud SH designed the study, collected the data, analyzed the data, made major contributions to the manuscript’s existing literature search and interpretation, and drafted the manuscript; Al-Jabi SW, Jairoun AA, and Shahwan WM were involved in interpretation of the data, and made revisions to the initial draft; all authors provided a critical review and approved the final manuscript before submission.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no financial disclosures or conflicts of interest to declare.
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Corresponding author: Sa'ed H Zyoud, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Academic Street, Nablus 44839, Palestine. saedzyoud@yahoo.com
Received: March 19, 2021 Peer-review started: March 19, 2021 First decision: May 6, 2021 Revised: May 21, 2021 Accepted: March 16, 2022 Article in press: March 16, 2022 Published online: May 9, 2022 Processing time: 413 Days and 20.7 Hours
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) has recently become a major global issue, resulting in a substantial rise in healthcare costs. The NAS has become a global public health epidemic in the last decade, with a rise in incidence.
Research motivation
Despite the fact that bibliometric studies have been conducted on a variety of topics related to substance abuse, such as illegal drug addiction, a thorough search of the literature revealed no bibliometric research on NAS.
Research objectives
Bibliometric analysis was used to assess the evolution and pattern of the global NAS research from 1958 to 2019.
Research methods
Yearly publication production, language, document types, journals, countries/territories, h-index, authors, and top research priorities were among the indicators examined. The VOSviewer was used to assess the top research priorities and patterns, as well as to present bibliometric networks on a variety of dimensions, including co-authorship, authors, and countries.
Research results
The current study is novel in that it uses bibliometric analysis to describe the characteristics of research publications relevant to NAS over time and determine the top research priorities in this field over six decades (1958-2019). Advances in NAS awareness will help to enhance future maternal and neonatal care research by identifying the top research priorities for this complex health problem.
Research conclusions
Treatment and pediatric outcome, as well as the efficacy of pharmacological treatment, may be frontiers in the NAS area, and researchers must continue to work on these topics.
Research perspectives
This will allow scientists and clinicians interested in the field of NAS to recognise the most common topics that have been used to improve our understanding of the disease and serve as a foundation for future study.
