A nation’s wealth is the most independent factor related to the quantity and quality of its research output. However, the relation is not always straightforward. Many wealthy countries don’t produce the expected research output in comparison to other less fortunate ones. This phenomenon raises attention towards the non-financial factors related to biomedical research and...
In almost all basic and clinical specialties, and despite the notable gap between research output in high and low-income Arab countries in some research fields (Sibai et al., 2017), the research output of the Arab World lags far behind other regions (Bayoumy et al., 2016; Zyoud, 2016). It would help if you learned that...
Clinical trial registration is one of the essential steps in the process of research planning and design. Clinical trial registries were found to reduce the publication bias related to clinical research. The WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform was established to search within the clinical trial registries included in the WHO Registry Network. This...
Internet of Things (IoT) is a relatively new technological concept that connects “Things” to the internet, thus enabling better access and connectivity of electronic devices. This concept has unlimited applications both in biomedical research and clinical practice. The Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) has gained increasing ground in the past few years. Dramatic progress...
Nothing is telling more than statistics. The following table lists the publishing records of the top 3 Arab countries in some biomedical fields in 2019. For comparison, we also listed the contributions of other countries in the region, particularly Iran, Israel, and Turkey. How do you comment on these data? Source: Scimago (https://www.scimagojr.com/).
In their recently published letter to the “BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine,” Niriella et al. (2020) publicly asked a loudly-whispered question: ‘Is there racism in academic medical publishing?”. The Sri Lanka doctors bitterly shed light on the sensitive topic. They criticized the negative view of research originating from African and Asian countries by some editors and...
The mind-blowing progress achieved in communications technology allowed us to live in an increasingly interconnected world that couldn’t be foreseen before. Research collaboration is amongst the priority fields expected to benefit from this progress (Hall et al., 2018).Evidently, research collaboration served to improve diagnosis and treatment by facilitating the development of consensus and evidence-based...
The primary purpose of research ethics is to protect humans against abuse. A founding milestone in the development of modern biomedical research ethics concepts was the Declaration of Helsinki on research involving human subjects. Other contributions include Nuremberg Code and Belmont Report (Schwenzer, 2011). Studies involving animals were also submitted to similar regulations in...
Research funding is the cornerstone of sustained and productive biomedical research. While the previous achievement of researchers involved in fund-pursuing projects remains a significant determinant of funding, other factors, e.g., networking and collaboration, may have a considerable role (Ebadi and Schiffauerova, 2015).There is no argument that adequate research funding is one of the most...
Social media platforms have invaded every aspect of our life in the previous decade. The use of applications like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat is an essential part of the daily routine for most of us. And medical research is ready to get involved.FacebookUsually, Facebook is used as a tool for the analysis...
