dc.contributor.author
Vitzthum, Karin
dc.contributor.author
Scutaru, Cristian
dc.contributor.author
Musial-Bright, Lindy
dc.contributor.author
Quarcoo, David
dc.contributor.author
Welte, Tobias
dc.contributor.author
Spallek, Michael
dc.contributor.author
Groneberg-Kloft, Beatrix
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T03:24:40Z
dc.date.available
2015-09-22T09:38:18.649Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/15108
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-19296
dc.description.abstract
Background Passive exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is estimated
to exert a major burden of disease. Currently, numerous countries have taken
legal actions to protect the population against ETS. Numerous studies have
been conducted in this field. Therefore, scientometric methods should be used
to analyze the accumulated data since there is no such approach available so
far. Methods and Results A combination of scientometric methods and novel
visualizing procedures were used, including density-equalizing mapping and
radar charting techniques. 6,580 ETS-related studies published between 1900
and 2008 were identified in the ISI database. Using different scientometric
approaches, a continuous increase of both quantitative and qualitative
parameters was found. The combination with density-equalizing calculations
demonstrated a leading position of the United States (2,959 items published)
in terms of quantitative research activities. Charting techniques demonstrated
that there are numerous bi- and multilateral networks between different
countries and institutions in this field. Again, a leading position of
American institutions was found. Conclusions This is the first comprehensive
scientometric analysis of data on global scientific activities in the field of
environmental tobacco smoke research. The present findings can be used as a
benchmark for funding allocation processes.
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dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.title
Scientometric Analysis and Combined Density-Equalizing Mapping of
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Research
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation
PLoS ONE. - 5 (2010), 6, Artikel Nr. e11254
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1371/journal.pone.0011254
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0011254
refubium.affiliation
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
de
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FUDOCS_document_000000023146
refubium.note.author
Der Artikel wurde in einer Open-Access-Zeitschrift publiziert.
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no
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000005423
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access