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The Scientific Contributions of Arab Scientists to the International Research: a Study of the Indicators for Select Arab Countries
Author(s) -
Elgohary Amgad
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
digest of middle east studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1949-3606
pISSN - 1060-4367
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-3606.2009.tb01105.x
Subject(s) - scopus , productivity , subject (documents) , political science , quality (philosophy) , regional science , geography , economic growth , library science , economics , medline , law , computer science , philosophy , epistemology
Using SCOPUS database, the research productivity of Arab researchers in five countries has been investigated. The analysis included subject, geographical and time range indicators. The relationship between the most published journals and their quality was investigated. The results revealed the leadership of Egypt among the other countries studied and discovered a great gap between scientific contributions of Arab and developed countries.