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Global trends in application of stereology as a quantitative tool in biomedical research.

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dc.contributor.author Kipanyula, Maulilio J.
dc.contributor.author Sife, Alfred S.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-18T09:17:36Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-18T09:17:36Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Kipanyula, M. J. & Sife,A.S. (2018).Global trends in application of stereology as a quantitative tool in biomedical research. Hindawi ,9 p. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1825697 en_US
dc.identifier.other https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1825697
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/514
dc.description A full text article from Library, Information Sciences and Knowledge Economy en_US
dc.description.abstract Stereology is a quantitative and comparative method that utilizes planes, lines, and points for the estimation of three-dimensional parameters in morphological studies. It primarily focuses on geometrical features of objects such as number, density, length, area, and volume. A scientometric study was conducted to analyze global research trends in application of stereology in biomedical research. Stereology has gained wide application resulting into design-based stereological methods. Data for this study were retrieved from the SCOPUS database. At least 5,732 publications employing stereology as analytical tool were produced in a period of 50 years between 1966 and 2016. Half (2,858; 49.87%) of these publications were produced in the last 12 years from 2005 to 2016. Te relative growth rate (RGR) of publications decreased from 1967 (0.69) to 2016 (0.03) whereas the doubling time (DT) increased from 1.00 to 20.56 in the same period. A great majority (5,332; 93.02%) of the publications retrieved from SCOPUS were journal articles in various biomedical felds. Te Journal of Microscopy tops the list of journals with at least 205 articles. Te most productive country was USA with at least 1663 (23.10%) publications and Aarhus Universitet tops the list of institutions with at least 306 publications. J.R. Nyengaard was the most prolifc author who contributed at least 125 publications. Te highly cited article had a total of 2,054 citations with an average of over 82 citations per year. Given the growing importance of stereology in biomedical research, it is necessary to promote its application among scholars. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Hindawi en_US
dc.subject Stereology en_US
dc.subject Quantitative en_US
dc.subject Scientometric en_US
dc.subject Global en_US
dc.subject Biomedical en_US
dc.subject Research en_US
dc.title Global trends in application of stereology as a quantitative tool in biomedical research. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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