Mapping the scholarly landscape of Saudi Arabia-related folk medicine: a bibliometric study
Mohammed M. Ghoneim, Eslam Kamal Fahmy, Manal Nael, Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Rasha Hamed Al-Serwi, Saddam Hossain, Khaled Elokely, Naved Ahmad · 2026
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Mohammed M. Ghoneim and co-authors mapped in 2026 printed research on folk medicine linked to Saudi Arabia. Folk practices remain part of health habits in the kingdom with modern medical care. Searches of two large sources gathered papers from 1989 through 2024 for analysis. Standard bibliometric software charted trends, keywords, and teamwork networks among authors, bodies, and countries.
More than twenty-five hundred papers lasted screening for the final dataset. Output grew slowly, with strong taking part from Saudi bodies and wide international co-writing in the network. Antioxidant action, germ-killing traits, and herbal medicine ranked among the most leading themes in keyword maps. Standard medicine research itself formed another major theme in the landscape. The authors offer the map as a guide for future thorough reviews, medical studies, and policy work on standard medicine.
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| CREATOR | Mohammed M. Ghoneim, Eslam Kamal Fahmy, Manal Nael, Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Rasha Hamed Al-Serwi, Saddam Hossain, Khaled Elokely, Naved Ahmad |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |