Rajendram R, Lewison G, Preedy VR "Worldwide alcohol-related research and the disease burden " ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 41 (1): 99-106 JAN-FEB 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: g.lewison at soi.city.ac.uk

Title: Worldwide alcohol-related research and the disease burden

Author(s): Rajendram R, Lewison G, Preedy VR

Source: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 41 (1): 99-106 JAN-FEB 2006

Document Type: Article   Language: English
Cited References: 36        Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the international
commitment to alcohol-related research relative to its global burden of
disease, which is 4% of disability adjusted life years (DALYs).

Methods: The worldwide literature indexed in the Science Citation Index(R)
and the Social Sciences Citation Index(R) during 1992-2003 was analysed
using advanced bibliometric techniques.

Results: Biomedical research and the global disease burden due to alcohol
both increased during 1992-2003, whilst the number of papers from alcohol-
related research remained static and declined to < 0.7% of all biomedical
research literature. Nearly 58% of all alcohol-related research papers were
from Canada and the United States, 30% from Western Europe, and 10% from
Australia, New Zealand, or Japan. However, these regions suffer only 13% of
the global burden of disease due to alcohol; meanwhile, the rest of the
world contributed only 8% of the total research whilst suffering from 87%
of the disease burden. The estimated annual expenditure on alcohol-related
research in 2001 was $730 million, or about $12 per DALY due to alcohol.

Conclusions: The global commitment to alcohol-related research is only one-
sixth of that warranted by the burden of disease due to alcohol. Most such
research is conducted in the developed world but is still less than that
appropriate to the regional burden of disease. There is a need for more
interest in alcohol-related research in the developing world, particularly
in Latin America and Eastern Europe in view of their high burden of disease
due to alcohol.

Addresses: Lewison G (reprint author), City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci,
London, EC1V 0HB England
City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London, EC1V 0HB England
Univ London Kings Coll, Sch Life Sci, Nutr Sci Res Div, London, SE1 8WA
England
E-mail Addresses: g.lewison at soi.city.ac.uk

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND
IDS Number: 000AV

ISSN: 0735-0414

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