RT Journal Article
T1 Trends in the scientific literature on atypical antipsychotic drugs in the United Kingdom: a bibliometric study
A1 López Muñoz, Francisco
A1 Tracy, Derek K
A1 Povedano Montero, Francisco Javier
A1 Breedvelt, Josefien
A1 Pacios García, Javier
A1 Fernández Martín, María Poveda
A1 Rubio Valladolid, Gabriel
A1 Álamo, Cecilio
AB Objective: A bibliometric study was undertaken of peer-reviewed publications on atypical antipsychotic drugs (AADs) from the United Kingdom and the findings are presented herein. Methods: We selected the documents from the Scopus database. We applied several production and dispersion bibliometric indicators, including Price's law on the growth of the scientific literature, and Bradford's law. We also calculated a so-called 'participation index' across different countries. The bibliometric data were thereafter correlated with social and health data from the UK, including total  expenditure on health and gross domestic expenditure. Results: A total of 4156 original manuscripts were published within the timeframe 1967-2015. Our results are in accord with Price's law, with scientific output demonstrating exponential growth ( = 0.9227, as against an  = 0.8766 after adjustment). The drugs most widely evaluated were clozapine (465 documents), olanzapine (263) and risperidone (248). Stratification into Bradford zones produced a nucleus represented by the  (168 articles) and  (159 articles). A total of 1250 different journals were evaluated. Conclusions: Publications on AADs in the UK have shown exponential growth across the studied period, which is in line with the progressively burgeoning novel AAD releases. No evidence of a saturation point was observed.
PB Sage Journals
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118910
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118910
LA eng
NO López-Muñoz, F., Tracy, D. K., Povedano-Montero, F. J., Breedvelt, J., García-Pacios, J., Fernández-Martín, M. P., Rubio, G., & Álamo, C. (2019). Trends in the scientific literature on atypical antipsychotic drugs in the United Kingdom: A bibliometric study. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 9, 2045125318820207. https://doi.org/10.1177/2045125318820207
NO This research was supported by grant UCJC 2014/43 from III Convocatoria de Ayudas a la Investigación Competitiva de la Universidad Camilo José Cela
NO Universidad Camilo José Cela
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2025