Knowledge Retrieval and Semantic Systems

Analysis and Visualization of the Scientific Publications on Clinical Research Data Management

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

samira esmaeili 1
Mohammad Hassan Azimi 2
Saeid Asadi 3

1 Phd Student Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jks.2025.85246.1704
Abstract
The purpose of this study is analysis and visualization of articles published on clinical research data management. It is an applied study conducted with a scientometric approach. The statistical population of this study includes all publicatioons conducted on research data management in the medical field indexed in the Clarivate Analytics and Scopus databases during 1990 to 2023. The data were collected through by saving the search results in Excel sheets, and the analysis was conducted using a combination of bibliometric tools, including ScientoPy, Ravar-matrix, VOSviewer, UCINET and Python software. The findings showed that the number of articles in Clarivate Analytics and Scopus has grown significantly over the period of 1990 to 2023. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany respectively rank first to third in production of research data management articles in the medical field. In general, the trend of publishing scientific products in the field of clinical research data management can be assessed as desirable. Identifying leading countries and researchers in the field of clinical research data management can assist policymaking and planning research related to this field.

Keywords

Scientific publications
Research data management
medical research
clinical medicine
scientometrics
Subjects

Home

Editorial Board

Ethical principles of publishing

Submit Manuscript

Contact Us