Table 3 Characteristics of 402 Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)-affiliated documents published in 21 hospice and palliative care journals from 1991 to 2020

Journal

 Indian Journal of Palliative Care

94

23.4

 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

45

11.2

 American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

43

10.7

 Death Studies

32

8

 International Journal of Palliative Nursing

27

6.7

 Journal of Palliative Medicine

24

6

 OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying

22

5.5

 Palliative and Supportive Care

20

5

 BMC Palliative Care

14

3.5

 European Journal of Palliative Care

12

3

 Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

11

2.7

 Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

10

2.5

 Journal of Palliative Care

10

2.5

 Palliative Medicine

10

2.5

 Progress in Palliative Care

10

2.5

 Médecine Palliative

7

1.7

 Annals of Palliative Medicine

4

1

 BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

4

1

 Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

3

0.7

Year of publication

 2016–2020

191

47.5

 2011–2015

123

30.6

 2006–2010

57

14.2

 2001–2005

22

5.5

 1996–2000

6

1.5

 1991–1995

3

0.7

Type of document

 Article

333

82.8

 Review

33

8.2

 Other

36

9

Subject area^a

 Medicine

310

77.1

 Nursing

167

41.5

 Psychology

52

12.9

 Arts and Humanities

32

8

 Social Sciences

22

5.5

EMR Countries representation

 Iran

140

34.8

 Egypt

60

14.9

 Saudi Arabia

60

14.9

 Jordan

48

11.9

 Kuwait

33

8.2

 Pakistan

30

7.5

 Lebanon

27

6.7

 United Arab Emirates

17

4.2

 Morocco

9

2.2

 Qatar

9

2.2

 Oman

6

1.5

 Iraq

5

1.2

 Palestine

5

1.2

 Tunisia

5

1.2

 Sudan

4

1.0

 Syrian Arab Republic

3

0.7

 Bahrain

2

0.5

 Yemen

2

0.5

 Afghanistan

1

0.2

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

1

0.2

 Djibouti

0

0.0

 Somalia

0

0.0

Top 10 represented institutions

 Cairo University (Egypt)

34

8.5

 Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Iran)

26

6.5

 King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (Saudi Arabia)

25

6.2

 Kuwait University (Kuwait)

25

6.2

 Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran)

24

6.0

 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Iran)

21

5.2

 King Hussein Cancer Center (Jordan)

21

5.2

 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Iran)

20

5.0

 American University of Beirut (Lebanon)

16

4.0

 Jordan University of Science and Technology (Jordan)

11

2.7

International collaboration

 None (single EMR country)

230

57.2

 Single EMR + non-EMR country(s)

133

33.1

 Multiple EMR countries only

29

7.2

 Multiple EMR countries + non-EMR country(s)

10

2.5

Top 5 collaborating non-EMR countries

 United States

70

17.4

 United Kingdom

26

6.5

 Canada

20

5.0

 India

15

3.7

 France

12

3.0