Abstract
Objective: To present bibliometric analysis of the
articles published in Rawal Medical Journal (RMJ)
from 2008 to2019.
Methodology: We used the Scopus database, during
the months of August and September, 2020, for the
retrieval and analysis of RMJ publications. We
downloaded the retrieved dataset in the Comma
Separated Values (CSV) format andtransferred the file
to a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet for analysis. We also
compared the citations of top 10 most cited RMJ
publications in the Scopus to the Google Scholar
citations.
Results: A total of 1,487 articles were found,
published in 12 volumes and 42 issues, with an
average of 3.91 pages per document. The articles
published in RMJ received 1,003 citations in the
Scopus database with an impact of 0.67 citations per
article. The Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad
was the most contributing organization with 82
publications and Ashfaq Ahmed was the most
contributing author with 21 publications. The authors,
outside Pakistan, belonged to 31 countriesand Jordan
was ranked first with 119 publications.
Conclusion: A promising growth in the number of
publications in RMJ is observed during last 12 years.
However, there is a dire need to encourage authors to
write on innovative ideas in collaboration with
international researchers to enhance the citation impact
of articles published in the journal.
Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, bibliometrics,
serial publications, biomedical research, Rawal
Medical Journal.
