Bibliometric analysis of literature on diabetes (1995 - 2004)

Abstract

Bibliometric analysis of diabetes literature indexed the MEDLINE database for the period 1995-2004 shows that maximum number of records (13244) was during 2003, followed by 12690 in 2002 and 11061 in 2001. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) was found to be decreasing year wise. The Doubling Time (Dt) was found to increase every year. Ranking of the journals based on the quantum of research output on diabetes during 1995-2004 shows that USA in the largest contributor of literature on diabetes research. The research productivity of diabetes conforms to Bradford’s Law of Scattering.