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World-wide research architecture of vitamin D research: density-equalizing mapping studies and socio-economic analysis

Overview of attention for article published in Nutrition Journal, January 2018
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Title
World-wide research architecture of vitamin D research: density-equalizing mapping studies and socio-economic analysis
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Nutrition Journal, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12937-018-0313-6
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Dörthe Brüggmann, Annahita Alafi, Jenny Jaque, Doris Klingelhöfer, Michael H. Bendels, Daniela Ohlendorf, David Quarcoo, Frank Louwen, Sue A. Ingles, Eileen M. Wanke, David A. Groneberg

Abstract

Despite the numerous associations of vitamin D with health and disease, vitamin D deficiency is still common from a global perspective. While basic research, clinical and preventive activities grow constantly in vitamin D research, there is no in-depth analysis of the related global scientific productivity available so far. Density equalizing mapping procedures (DEMP) were combined with socioeconomic benchmarks using the NewQIS platform. A total of 25,992 vitamin D-related research articles were identified between 1900 to 2014 with a significant increase (r2 = .6541) from 1900 to 2014. Authors located in Northern America - especially in the USA - distributed the majority of global vitamin D research, followed by their Western European counterparts. DEMP-analysis illustrates that Africa and South America exhibit only minor scientific productivity. Among high-income group countries, Scandinavian nations such as Denmark or Finland (2147.9 and 1607.7 vitamin D articles per GDP in 1000 billion USD) were highly active with regard to socioeconomic figures. Networks dedicated to vitamin D research are present around the world. Overall, the Northern American and Western European nations occupy prominent positions. However, South American, African and Asian countries apart from Japan only play a minor role in the global research production related to vitamin D. Since vitamin D deficiency is currently increasing in the Americas, Europe and parts of the Middle East, research in these regions may need to be encouraged.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 44 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 11%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Student > Master 4 9%
Researcher 4 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Other 9 20%
Unknown 14 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 14%
Social Sciences 3 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 20 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 May 2023.
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