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Table 2 Research areas of published obesity documents from Arab countries

From: Quantity and quality of obesity-related research in Arab countries: assessment and comparative analysis

SCRa

Research area

Number (%)

n = 1,121

1 st

General Internal Medicine

232 (20.7)

2 nd

Endocrinology Metabolism

191 (17.04)

3 rd

Nutrition Dietetics

155 (13.83)

4 th

Public Environmental Occupational Health

91 (8.12)

5 th

Cardiovascular System Cardiology

62 (5.53)

5 th

Surgery

62 (5.53)

7 th

Research Experimental Medicine

56 (5.0)

8 th

Pediatrics

49 (4.37)

9 th

Pharmacology Pharmacy

38 (3.39)

10 th

Biochemistry Molecular Biology

36 (3.21)

  1. SCR, Standard Competition Ranking.
  2. aEqual research areas have the same ranking number and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers.