Mapping the global research landscape and knowledge gaps on multimorbidity: a bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To summarize global research trends and activities on multimorbidity; then to assess the knowledge gaps and to identify implications for knowledge exchange between high income countries (HICs) and low- and middle- income countries (LMICs).

Methods

A comprehensive search was conducted to identify research publications on multimorbidity in the Web of Science^TM, as well as diabetes, depression, hypertension, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The time frame for the search was from 1900 to June, 2016. Information (such as publication date, subject category, author, country of origin, title, abstract, and keywords) were extracted and the full texts were obtained for the co-citation analysis. Data were linked with the life expectancy at birth (

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5475311 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature