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We examined the gaps between ARD research and suggestions of WHO and the International Labour Organization on prevention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>From the Web of Science, we collected data on all articles published during 1991\u20132016 and identified a subset of ARD-related articles. We classified articles into three research areas\u2014laboratory, clinical and public health\u2014and examined their time trends. For all and the top 11 countries publishing ARD-related articles, we calculated the proportions of all ARD-related articles that were in each of the three areas, the average rates of ARD-related articles over all articles, and the average annual per cent changes of rates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ARD-related articles (n=14\u2009284) accounted for 1.3\u2030 of all articles in 1991, but this had declined to 0.8\u2030 by 2016. Among the three research areas, the clinical area accounted for the largest proportion (65.0%), followed by laboratory (26.5%) and public health (24.9%). The public health area declined faster than the other areas, at \u22125.7% per year. Discrepancies were also observed among the top 11 countries regarding emphasis on public health research, with Finland and Italy having higher, and China and the Netherlands lower, emphases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is declining emphasis on the public health area in the ARD-related literature. Under the ongoing global situation of ARD, primary prevention will remain key for some time, warranting efforts to rectify the current trend in ARD-related research.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2018-022806","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,26]],"date-time":"2018-07-26T00:35:25Z","timestamp":1532565325000},"page":"e022806","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Bibliometric analysis of gaps in research on asbestos-related diseases: declining emphasis on public health over 26 years"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2687-203X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ro-Ting","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Safety and Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan"},{"name":"Asbestos Diseases Research Institute, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Matthew John","family":"Soeberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Asbestos Diseases Research Institute, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lung-Chang","family":"Chien","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Nevada, School of Community Health Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Scott","family":"Fisher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jukka","family":"Takala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Commission on Occupational Health, Milano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Lemen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Canton, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tim","family":"Driscoll","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ken","family":"Takahashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Asbestos Diseases Research Institute, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121510595005000_8.7.e022806.1","unstructured":"World Health Organization. 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