PEDIATRIC ACCEPTANCE AND SWALLOWABILITY OF MINITABLETS: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

Objective: This study examines current on-going research in the area of acceptance and swallowability of minitablets in paediatrics. The purpose behind this enquiry is due to need for development of minitablets for paediatrics use and determining the safety, acceptability and swallowability of minitablets in children. By going through this paper one will gain knowledge about the aspects in which research has been completed and which areas are yet to be explored.

Methods: The primary goal of this investigation is to combine research published on acceptance and swallowability of minitablets in paediatrics from year 1989 to 2023 in journals indexed by web of science core collection database. Employing bibliometric techniques such as authorship pattern, countries involved, funding agencies, co-authorship pattern etc.

Result: A total of 111 documents have been found from year 1989 to 2023 with total 2,993 citation received so far. The active years of publications is from 2012 to 2023. The countries contributing in this research topic are England, Germany, USA, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Poland, India, Canada. For accurate searching and retrieving of data keywords and Boolean operators such as "mini tablet*" AND ("pediatric" OR "children") AND "safety" AND ("swallow*" OR "accept*") are used.

Conclusion: This bibliometric analysis displays and provides information on this topic and can be used for identifying recent trends, most prolific authors, most impactful journals, contributing countries for research on acceptance and swallowability of minitablets in paediatrics.